Separation of soil respiration: a site-specific comparison of partition methods

Comeau, Louis-Pierre; Lai, Derrick Y. F.; Cui, Jane Jinglan; Farmer, Jenny

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-141-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-4-141-2018

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05 Jun 2018

Original research article |

| 05 Jun 2018

Separation of soil respiration: a site-specific comparison of partition methods

Louis-Pierre Comeau, Derrick Y. F. Lai, Jane Jinglan Cui, and Jenny Farmer

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SC1: 'partitioning using radiocarbon measurements of soil organic carbon', Tommaso Chiti, 24 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'radiocarbon-based assessment (bomb-carbon) method', Louis-Pierre Comeau, 27 Jan 2018
RC1: 'Separation of soil respiration; a site-specific comparison of partition methods', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'We appreciate the valuable suggestions', Louis-Pierre Comeau, 07 Feb 2018
- AC4: 'corrected document', Louis-Pierre Comeau, 07 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Review comments on: soil-2017-38', Jeroen van Leeuwen, 06 Feb 2018
- AC3: 'We are currently revising the manuscript and carefully addressing the suggestions', Louis-Pierre Comeau, 07 Feb 2018
- AC5: 'Corrected document', Louis-Pierre Comeau, 07 Mar 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Revision (12 Mar 2018) by Peter de Ruiter

AR by Louis-Pierre Comeau on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2018)

ED: Publish as is (07 May 2018) by Peter de Ruiter

ED: Publish as is (07 May 2018) by Johan Six (Executive editor)

AR by Louis-Pierre Comeau on behalf of the Authors (15 May 2018)

Short summary

To date, there are still many uncertainties and unknowns regarding the soil respiration partitioning procedures. This study compared the suitability and accuracy of five different respiration partitioning methods. A qualitative evaluation table of the partition methods with five performance parameters was produced. Overall, no systematically superior or inferior partition method was found and the combination of two or more methods optimizes assessment reliability.