Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Microscale carbon distribution around pores and particulate organic matter varies with soil moisture regime

  • Steffen Schlüter,
  • Frederic Leuther,
  • Lukas Albrecht,
  • Carmen Hoeschen,
  • Rüdiger Kilian,
  • Ronny Surey,
  • Robert Mikutta,
  • Klaus Kaiser,
  • Carsten W. Mueller,
  • Hans-Jörg Vogel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29605-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Carbon sequestration in soils has rarely been observed at microscopic scales. Here the authors reveal the impact of soil moisture regimes in shaping carbon stabilization and mineralization patterns tied to the pore network.