Past aridity's effect on carbon mineralization potentials in grassland soils

Cao, Zhenjiao; Jia, Yufu; Cai, Yue; Wang, Xin; Hu, Huifeng; Zhang, Jinbo; Jia, Juan; Feng, Xiaojuan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3605-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3605-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3605-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 18

Research article

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24 Sep 2019

Research article |

| 24 Sep 2019

Past aridity's effect on carbon mineralization potentials in grassland soils

Zhenjiao Cao, Yufu Jia, Yue Cai, Xin Wang, Huifeng Hu, Jinbo Zhang, Juan Jia, and Xiaojuan Feng

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- AC1: 'Response to Referee #2', Xiaojuan Feng, 07 Aug 2019
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Aug 2019) by Jianming Xu

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Using pathway analysis, we demonstrate that past aridity's effect is mediated by differential mechanisms for substrates of varied complexity. While microbial biomass plays a more important role in the decomposition of fresh litter, enzyme-catalyzed extracellular reactions predominantly govern the mineralization of SOC. Our findings have significant implications for assessing and modeling decomposition in different aridity regimes.