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| Title |
Biochar affects carbon composition and stability in soil: a combined spectroscopy-microscopy study
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| Published in |
Scientific Reports, April 2016
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| DOI | 10.1038/srep25127 |
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| Authors |
Maria C. Hernandez-Soriano, Bart Kerré, Peter M. Kopittke, Benjamin Horemans, Erik Smolders |
| Abstract |
The use of biochar can contribute to carbon (C) storage in soil. Upon addition of biochar, there is a spatial reorganization of C within soil particles, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we used Fourier transformed infrared-microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy to examine this reorganization. A silty-loam soil was amended with three different organic residues and with the biochar produced from these residues and incubated for 237 d. Soil respiration was lower in biochar-amended soils than in residue-amended soils. Fluorescence analysis of the dissolved organic matter revealed that biochar application increased a humic-like fluorescent component, likely associated with biochar-C in solution. The combined spectroscopy-microscopy approach revealed the accumulation of aromatic-C in discrete spots in the solid-phase of microaggregates and its co-localization with clay minerals for soil amended with raw residue or biochar.The co-localization of aromatic-C:polysaccharides-C was consistently reduced upon biochar application. We conclude that reduced C metabolism is an important mechanism for C stabilization in biochar-amended soils. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 183 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Pakistan | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 180 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 38 | 21% |
| Researcher | 30 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 5% |
| Other | 27 | 15% |
| Unknown | 42 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 45 | 25% |
| Environmental Science | 38 | 21% |
| Engineering | 10 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 7 | 4% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 16 | 9% |
| Unknown | 63 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 January 2024.
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