Microbial characteristics of soils on a latitudinal transect in Siberia

• Main Authors: Santruckova, H, Bird, Michael, Kalaschnikov, Y N, Grund, M, Elhottova, D, Simek, M, Grigoriev, Sergei A, Gleixner, Gerd, Arneth, A., Schulze, Detlef, Lloyd, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: biomass; enzyme activity; latitudinal gradient; microbial activity; microbial community; organic carbon; soil microorganism; Russian Federation; cellular organisms Latitudial transect; Microbial net growth rate; Soil microbial activity; Soil organic carbon; Temperature dependency; Texture; Yenisei River; taiga; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77214

Soil microbial properties were studied from localities on a transect along the Yenisei River, Central Siberia. The 1000 km-long transect, from 56°N to 68°N, passed through tundra, taiga and pine forest characteristic of Northern Russia. Soil microbial p