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Ecological Processes

Table 2 Percentages of microbial necromass C in soil organic C in different ecosystems

From: Increased microbial sequestration of soil organic carbon under nitrogen deposition over China’s terrestrial ecosystems

Ecosystem

Soil organic C

Microbial necromass C

Fungal necromass C

Bacterial necromass C

(mg/g soil)

(% SOC)

(% SOC)

(% SOC)

All

22.68 ± 3.87

49.49 ± 5.74

35.17 ± 3.90

14.50 ± 2.11

Cropland

15.71 ± 2.03

53.00 ± 7.26

37.08 ± 4.61

16.19 ± 2.87

Forest

30.83 ± 5.74

38.63 ± 11.10

28.27 ± 9.25

10.36 ± 2.18

Grassland

66.70

36.24

27.90

8.33

  1. Error bars are standard errors of the mean (except in grassland). All data were collected at the control plots without N addition and were the average values at each site
  2. C carbon, SOC soil organic carbon
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