The objectives of the study were to (i) investigate whether short term mineralization varies to a greater extent by charring organic matter (OM) or by exposure to different mineral surfaces, (ii) examine the effect of clay mineralogy on mineralization of either charred or uncharred OM and (iii) quantify these differences in mineralization in the context of C evolution during charring. Mineraliz...

carbon (c) and organic nitrogen (n) mineralization processes play key roles in supplying nutrient elements essential for plant growth. on the other hand, since the low organic matter content of agricultural soils of arid and semi-arid areas, microbial activities are often limited by carbon in these types of soils. enhancement of microbial activities and populations could be achieved by returnin...

Plant-derived carbon compounds enter soils in a number of forms; two of the most abundant being leaf litter and rhizodeposition. Our knowledge concerning the predominant controls on the cycling of leaf litter far outweighs that for rhizodeposition even though the constituents of rhizodeposits includes a cocktail of low molecular weight organic compounds which represent a rapidly cycling source ...

Research on nitrogen (N) mineralization from organic residues is important to understand N cycling in soils. Here we review research on factors controlling net N mineralization as well as research on laboratory and field modeling efforts, with the objective of highlighting areas with opportunities for additional research. Among the factors controlling net N mineralization are organic compositio...

Decomposition and nitrogen dynamics of 15N‑labeled leaf, root, and twig litter in temperate coniferous forests" (2013). USDA Forest Service / UNL Faculty Publications. Paper 253. patterns were species-specific. For multiple litter × species combinations, the difference between gross and net n mineralization was significant, and gross mineralization was 7–20 % greater than net mineralization. th...

Phosphatases are recognised to have important functions in the initiation of skeletal mineralization. Tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) and PHOSPHO1 are indispensable for bone and cartilage mineralization but their functional relationship in the mineralization process remains unclear. In this study, we have used osteoblast and ex-vivo metatarsal cultures to obtain biochemical evide...

the iranian east magmatic assemblage (iema) in the central lut region, hosted porphyry and vein-type polymetallic mineralization. the galechah-shurab mining district is located in nw of the iema. volcanic and subvolcanic bodies in the area are composed of calc-alkaline porphyry quartz-latite, porphyry dacite and rhyodacite and hornblende-biotite andesite, equivalent to i-type granite. they empl...

Freshwater sediments are important sites of organic carbon (OC) burial and mineralization. Previous studies indicate that warming can increase rates of OC mineralization, implying more CO2 release from sediments and, consequently, less OC burial, but temperatures typical of tropical ecosystems are poorly represented in the models of temperature and OC mineralization. We measured OC mineralizati...

Shifts in nitrogen (N) mineralization and nitrification rates due to global changes can influence nutrient availability, which can affect terrestrial productivity and climate change feedbacks. While many single-factor studies have examined the effects of environmental changes on N mineralization and nitrification, few have examined these effects in a multifactor context or recorded how these ef...