Impact of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Carbon Storage Pathways along a Nitrogen Deposition Gradient in Coastal Sage Scrub Soils
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Recent studies suggest that nitrogen can have significant effects on microbial activity and carbon storage by causing shifts in fungal:bacterial activity such that bacterial degradation pathways become dominant under high nitrogen conditions. If true, changes in fungal:bacterial (F:B) ratios could have a major impact on carbon storage in urban pollution affected soils that receive high amounts of nitrogen from atmospheric deposition. To address this question, this research will take advantage of previously established research sites that have been used to examine the impact of nitrogen deposition on coastal sage scrub (CSS) plant communities in southern California
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