| dc.creator | Rivera-Rivera, Michelle Jovanne | |
| dc.creator | Cuevas, Elvira | |
| dc.date | 2012-05-23T18:40:35Z | |
| dc.date | 2012-05-23T18:40:35Z | |
| dc.date | 2009-11 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-17T16:53:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-17T16:53:35Z | |
| dc.identifier | Rivera-Rivera, Michelle Jovanne; and Cuevas, Elvira. "Preliminary Study of the Soil Microbiology Associated to Isolated Dwarf Tree Species in the Coastal Plateu of Guánica Dry Forest". Río Piedras Campus: External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC), 2009. http://repositorio.upr.edu:8080/jspui/handle/10586 /199 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10586 /199 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/647354 | |
| dc.description | Soil function and productivity depends on microbial communities for nutrient cycling,
antagonistic effects and decomposition of organic matter among others. Mass and
diversity of soil microbial communities depend on substrate characteristics determined
by the resource input of the dominant plant species. Plant species effects and microbial
can also be detected at much more localized spatial scales within habitats. The Coastal
Plateau of the Guánica Dry Forest in Southwestern Puerto Rico is ideal for this type of
study as dwarfed trees of different species are growing on cracks in the calcareous
rocks isolated from each other. The aim of this preliminary study was to optimize the
fumigation extraction method for dry land soils and to determine the soil microbial
biomass associated to tree species representing different litter quality. Soil samples
were obtained underneath the leaf litter of 4 isolated tress species. The substrate was
shallow and predominantly humic. Microbial biomass was calculated following the
fumigation extraction method described by Vance et al (1987). Our results confirm that
the fumigation extraction method is appropriate for the determination of soil microbial
biomass in our substrates and that microbial carbon is correlated to the percentage of
water content. | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | External Scientific Advisory Committe (ESAC) | |
| dc.subject | soil microbiology | |
| dc.subject | dwarf tree | |
| dc.subject | Guánica Dry Forest | |
| dc.subject | Coastal Plateu | |
| dc.subject | Puerto Rico | |
| dc.title | Preliminary Study of the Soil Microbiology Associated to Isolated Dwarf Tree Species in the Coastal Plateu of Guánica Dry Forest | |
| dc.type | Poster | |
