Electrical conductivity measurements as proxies  for diffusion-limited microbial activity in soils  under controlled laboratory conditions

Fülöp, Orsolya; Nunan, Naoise; Gueye, Mamadou; Jougnot, Damien

doi:10.5194/soil-12-703-2026

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-703-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-703-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Original research article

|

23 Jun 2026

Original research article |

| 23 Jun 2026

Electrical conductivity measurements as proxies for diffusion-limited microbial activity in soils under controlled laboratory conditions

Orsolya Fülöp, Naoise Nunan, Mamadou Gueye, and Damien Jougnot

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-12-703-2026-supplement

Data sets

Dataset supporting: Electrical conductivity measurements as proxies for diffusion-limited microbial activity in soils under controlled laboratory conditions Orsolya Fülöp et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20509879

Short summary

Soil microorganisms play a key role in carbon cycling, yet their activity depends strongly on soil water connectivity. We investigated whether electrical conductivity, a non-destructive geophysical measurement, could provide information about microbial respiration under drying conditions. Our results suggest that electrical conductivity measurements may help better understand diffusion-limited soil respiration.