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The Relationship between Microbial Carbon and the Resource Quality of Soil Carbon

E.A. Webster^a, D.W. Hopkins^a, J.A. Chudek^b, S.F.I. Haslam^c, M. imek^d and T. Pîcek^d

^a Dep. of Environmental Science, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland UK
^b Dep. of Chemistry, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland UK
^c Dep. of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland UK
^d Institute of Soil Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Biological Faculty of the University of South Bohemia, Na sàdkàch 7, eské Budéjovice CZ 370 05, Czech Republic

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Solid-state 13C cross polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (CP MAS NMR) spectra for soils (a) 21, (b) 19, and (c) 11 from Table 1

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Relationship between the biomass C to total C (Cmic to Corg) ratio and alkyl-C to O-alkyl-C ratio for soils from Table 1 (closed symbols) and from Beyer (1995) and Beyer et al. (1995) (open symbols). () urban soils, () mineral soils, () organic soils (Beyer, 1995; Beyer et al., 1995)