Subject field
Soil ecology
Title
Effects of decomposition on soil functioning/respiration
Timing
15 ECTS, year round, bachelor
Background and aim
Decomposition starts with the leaching of material from the litter. This process is extremely understudied in literature. Since the leachate potentially includes a lot of easy to degrade (tasty) components, it could affect soil functioning on larger spatial scales, further away from where the litter is decomposing and affect soil respiration.
Method
A mesocosm experiment and measuring soil respiration.
Workplace
Departmen of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå.
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