Terricolous mosses impact soil microbial biomass carbon and enzymatic activity under temperate forest types of the Garhwal Himalayas
| العنوان: | Terricolous mosses impact soil microbial biomass carbon and enzymatic activity under temperate forest types of the Garhwal Himalayas |
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| المؤلفون: | Anshu Siwach, Siddhartha Kaushal, Ratul Baishya |
| المصدر: | Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 193 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Soil health, chemistry.chemical_classification, Nitrogen, Temperate forest, Bryophyta, General Medicine, Soil carbon, Forests, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Temperate deciduous forest, complex mixtures, Pollution, Soil quality, Carbon, Soil, Nutrient, Agronomy, chemistry, Environmental science, Organic matter, Biomass, Water content, Soil Microbiology, Environmental Monitoring, General Environmental Science |
| الوصف: | Estimates of enzymatic activity are used as indices for soil quality, microbial nutrient demand, microbial growth, and activity. Mosses trap soil moisture, influence soil temperature, and create a microenvironment promoting an overall higher level of microbial activity, thus making the decomposition of organic matter more favorable. This study determines the role of mosses in influencing soil biochemical properties in three temperate forest types of the Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand, viz., moist temperate deciduous forest, Ban oak forest, and moist deodar forest. Activities of major soil enzymes (dehydrogenase, β-glucosidase, acid phosphatase, aryl sulfatase, phenol oxidase, and urease) and soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC) were determined under two different substrates, i.e., with and without moss cover in two different seasons, viz., monsoon and winter. The Pearson correlation of enzymes with specific soil nutrients they act upon has also been shown. The SMBC and on average activities of all the enzymes were predominantly higher in soil with moss cover during monsoon season and without moss cover in the winter season. SMBC in the three study sites ranged from 280.55 to 1707.64 µg C/g. Statistically significant differences (p |
| تدمد: | 1573-2959 0167-6369 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::35d43803d3ef4b952ef1b14ab4d03909 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09295-5 |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....35d43803d3ef4b952ef1b14ab4d03909 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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