Short CommunicationMicrobial immobilization and mineralization of dissolved organic nitrogen from forest floors
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► Biodegradation of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and carbon (DOC) was similar. ► Mineralization of DON was more important than microbial immobilization. ► Nitrate additions never influenced either DON immobilization or mineralization. ► DOC and DON they should be considered as a single pool of dissolved organic matter.
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Acknowledgments
This study was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany. The authors would like to thank Prof. Dr. Shih-Chieh Chang for providing samples from the Chi-Lan Mountain site, Taiwan and Gerard Ros for helpful comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. We are grateful to the members of the Central Analytical Department of the Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER) for their help with the analysis of samples.
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