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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-95-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-95-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Original research article
| 
26 Apr 2021
Original research article |
| 26 Apr 2021
| 26 Apr 2021
Are researchers following best storage practices for measuring soil biochemical properties?
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor,
Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
Irene Cordero
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Mathilde Chomel
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Jocelyn M. Lavallee
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO 80523, USA
Angela L. Straathof
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, 1 Stone Road West,
Guelph, ON N1G 4Y2, Canada
Deborah Ashworth
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Holly Langridge
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Marina Semchenko
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40,
Tartu, 51005, Estonia
Franciska T. de Vries
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of
Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94240, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
David Johnson
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Richard D. Bardgett
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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- Soil incubation methods lead to large differences in inferred methane production temperature sensitivity Z. Li et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/ad3565
- Treated like dirt: Robust forensic and ecological inferences from soil eDNA after challenging sample storage T. Frøslev et al. 10.1002/edn3.367
- Variation in microbial biomass and enzymatic activities in metal contaminated soils during storage at low temperature (4°C) A. Moy & K. Nkongolo 10.1080/02757540.2023.2253222
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- Evaluating drying-induced biases in soil biochemical properties: sensitivity patterns and texture controls X. Qin et al. 10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117544
- Soil Storage Conditions Alter the Effects of Tire Wear Particles on Microbial Activities in Laboratory Tests S. Kim et al. 10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00585
- Soil drying legacy does not affect phenanthrene fate in soil but modifies bacterial community response J. Zeng et al. 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121909
- High intensity perturbations induce an abrupt shift in soil microbial state I. Cordero et al. 10.1038/s41396-023-01512-y
- Addressing variability and advancing methodological clarity in plant-soil feedback experiments M. Zuma et al. 10.1080/17429145.2025.2529228
- Heat-induced changes in soil water-extractable organic matter characterized using fluorescence and FTIR spectroscopies coupled with dimensionality reduction methods M. Lado et al. 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116347
- Impacts of soil storage on microbial parameters N. Fromin 10.5194/soil-11-247-2025
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