Effect of forest harvesting and slash piling on microbial biomass and respiration in Newfoundland boreal forests

Clearcutting Newfoundland boreal forests significantly reduced organic layer fungal and total microbial biomass in clearcut areas with and without slash cover, compared with forested plots. However, aerobically incubated respiration rates were highest in organic layers from clearcut areas under slas...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Soil Science
Main Authors: Moroni, Martin T, Carter, Paul Q, Strickland, Dean W, Makeschin, Franz, Parkinson, Don-Roger, Kahnt, Linda
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2007
Subjects:
Soil Science
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjss06009
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.4141/CJSS06009
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Summary:Clearcutting Newfoundland boreal forests significantly reduced organic layer fungal and total microbial biomass in clearcut areas with and without slash cover, compared with forested plots. However, aerobically incubated respiration rates were highest in organic layers from clearcut areas under slash, intermediate under forests, and lowest from clearcut areas without slash. Key words: Carbon, ergosterol, fumigation–extraction, fungal biomass, harvest slash, nitrogen

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