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Seasonal and spatial variation in fungal biomass in a forest soil

Bååth, Erland LU and Söderström, Bengt LU (1982) In Soil Biology & Biochemistry 14(4). p.353-358
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Soil fungal biomass, determined by the fluorescein diacetate (FDA) method, was studied during a 3 yr period in three horizons in a mature and a clear-cut pine forest in Sweden with and without slash left on the ground. In the organic soil layer the amount of hyphae showed a similar seasonal periodicity at all three sites, and this periodicity was correlated to the soil moisture content. Such a periodicity was not found in the mineral soil. There were also annual differences in the amount of FDA-active hyphae which might be explained by different climatic conditions. The mean spatial variation in biomass content was 37.9% (coefficient of variation), which was almost as great as was the variation between... (More)
Abstract in Undetermined
Soil fungal biomass, determined by the fluorescein diacetate (FDA) method, was studied during a 3 yr period in three horizons in a mature and a clear-cut pine forest in Sweden with and without slash left on the ground. In the organic soil layer the amount of hyphae showed a similar seasonal periodicity at all three sites, and this periodicity was correlated to the soil moisture content. Such a periodicity was not found in the mineral soil. There were also annual differences in the amount of FDA-active hyphae which might be explained by different climatic conditions. The mean spatial variation in biomass content was 37.9% (coefficient of variation), which was almost as great as was the variation between different sampling dates. Only between 4 and 45% of the total variation in the fungal lengths could be explained by soil moisture and organic matter content. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Abstract in Undetermined<br/>Soil fungal biomass, determined by the fluorescein diacetate (FDA) method, was studied during a 3 yr period in three horizons in a mature and a clear-cut pine forest in Sweden with and without slash left on the ground. In the organic soil layer the amount of hyphae showed a similar seasonal periodicity at all three sites, and this periodicity was correlated to the soil moisture content. Such a periodicity was not found in the mineral soil. There were also annual differences in the amount of FDA-active hyphae which might be explained by different climatic conditions. The mean spatial variation in biomass content was 37.9% (coefficient of variation), which was almost as great as was the variation between different sampling dates. Only between 4 and 45% of the total variation in the fungal lengths could be explained by soil moisture and organic matter content.}},
  author       = {{Bååth, Erland and Söderström, Bengt}},
  issn         = {{0038-0717}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{353--358}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Soil Biology & Biochemistry}},
  title        = {{Seasonal and spatial variation in fungal biomass in a forest soil}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0038-0717(82)90005-0}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/0038-0717(82)90005-0}},
  volume       = {{14}},
  year         = {{1982}},
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