The effects of soil acidity alleviation and nutrient availability on microbial carbon use efficiency beyond the topsoil are unclear
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The effects of soil acidity alleviation and nutrient availability on microbial carbon use efficiency beyond the topsoil are unclear. There is a lack of understanding on how soil acidity alleviation and nutrient availability affect microbial
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Sourced from the stated research gap and stated challenges and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2025, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 149 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps
- Lithological Controls on Soil Aggregates and Minerals Regulate Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency and Necromass Stability (2024) · Environmental Science & Technology · cited 70× · doi
The influence of lithology and associated soil geochemistry on microbial carbon use efficiency and necromass stabilization remains unknown. Prior work has not fully elucidated the effects of soil aggregates and minerals on microbial carbon use efficiency and necromass stability.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: influence lithology associated soil geochemistry microbial carbon use - Lithological Controls on Soil Aggregates and Minerals Regulate Microbial Carbon Use Efficiency and Necromass Stability (2024) · Environmental Science & Technology · cited 70× · doi
The complexity of soil systems and the interactions between lithology, soil aggregates, and minerals. The difficulty in quantifying microbial carbon use efficiency and necromass stability. The need to investigate the effects of lithology on microbial carbon use efficiency and necromass stability across different soil types and climates.
generalstated challengesevidence 5/5Keywords: complexity soil systems interactions between lithology aggregates minerals - Analysis of soil microbial community structure changes in the drainage field of the Shengli coalfield based on high-throughput sequencing (2025) · BMC Microbiology · cited 5× · doi
BACKGROUND: The study of soil environment in drainage fields is important for environmental management and ecological restoration, and there is currently a knowledge gap in understanding the impact of soil microbial communities in the Shengli coalfield drainage fields and the corresponding ecological effects.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: soil drainage fields ecological background environment important environmental management restoration there currently knowledge understanding impact - Carbon Use Efficiency in the Soil Profile: The Role of Soil Acidity Alleviation, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Availability (2025) · Agronomy · cited 4× · doi
The effects of soil acidity alleviation and nutrient availability on microbial carbon use efficiency beyond the topsoil are unclear. There is a lack of understanding on how soil acidity alleviation and nutrient availability affect microbial carbon processing in tropical soils.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: effects soil acidity alleviation nutrient availability microbial carbon
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