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标题：Quantifying and correcting for pre-assay CO2 loss in short-term carbon mineralization assays
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作者：Matthew A. Belanger ; Carmella Vizza ; G. Philip Robertson 等
期刊名称：SOIL
印刷版ISSN：2199-3971
出版年度：2021
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：47-52
DOI：10.5194/soil-7-47-2021
语种：English
出版社：Copernicus GmbH
摘要：The active fraction of soil organic carbon is an important component of soil health and often is quickly assessed as the pulse of CO2 released by re-wetting dried soils in short-term (24–72 h) assays. However, soils can lose carbon (C) as they dry and, if soil samples vary in moisture content at sampling, differential C loss during the pre-assay dry-down period may complicate the assay's interpretations. We examined the impact of pre-assay CO2 loss in a long-cultivated agricultural soil at initial moisture contents of 30 %, 50 %, and 70 % water-filled pore space (WFPS). We found that 50 % and 70 % WFPS treatments lost more C during drying than did those in the 30 % WFPS treatment and that dry-down losses led to a 26 %–32 % underestimate of their CO2 pulses. We developed a soil-specific correction factor to account for these initial soil moisture effects. Future C mineralization studies may benefit from similar corrections.