Two decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath

E. R. Jasper Wubs; Sarah J. Woodin; Marc I. Stutter; Sonja Wipf; Martin Sommerkorn; René van der Wal

doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.05.034

Two decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath

E. R. Jasper Wubs, Sarah J. Woodin, Marc I. Stutter, Sonja Wipf, Martin Sommerkorn, René van der Wal

Aberdeen Centre For Environmental Sustainability

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Abstract

Snow strongly affects ecosystem functioning in alpine environments with potential carry-over effects outside of snow periods. However, it is unclear whether changes in snow cover affect microbial community functioning in summer. In a field experiment, we tested whether manipulation of snow cover affected the functional capabilities of the microbial community either directly, or indirectly through concomitant changes in the vegetation. While 23 years of differential snow depth and persistence fundamentally changed the vegetation composition, the microbial community's ability to catabolize a range of carbon compounds was not altered. Instead, soil moisture content was the key driver of carbon catabolism by the microbial community.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-104
Number of pages	4
Journal	Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Volume	124
Early online date	9 Jun 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.05.034
Publication status	Published - 30 Sep 2018

Keywords

Carbon cycling
Carry-over effects
Climate change
Microbial community
Alpine moss heath
Soil legacy

UN SDGs

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Two decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath
Wubs, E. R. J. (Contributor), Woodin, S. (Contributor), Stutter, M. I. (Contributor), Wipf, S. (Contributor), Sommerkorn, M. (Contributor), Van Der Wal, R. (Contributor) & Wubs, E. R. J. (Contributor), DRYAD, 1 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.85hg502, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.85hg502
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Wubs, E. R. J. (Creator), Woodin, S. (Creator), Stutter, M. I. (Creator), Wipf, S. (Creator) & Van der Wal, R. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 6 Jun 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.85hg502
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Two decades of altered snow cover does not affect soil microbial ability to catabolize carbon compounds in an oceanic alpine heath

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