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Substantial rewetting phenomena on soil respiration can be observed at low water availability

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SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 41, Issue 7, Pages 1577-1579

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.04.009

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Soil rewetting; Soil respiration; Soil water potential

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  1. German Ministry of Education and Research

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Although metabolic activity of soil organisms is determined by water accessibility, little attention was given to rewetting with different water potentials. Rapid water potential increase induced a respiration pulse in organic layers in laboratory experiments and significant effects could be observed when soil below -6300 hPa was rewetted. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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