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Standard operating procedure for soil respiration rate

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 16 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) reports how to determine soil respiration rate, which is one of the longest established and most frequently used parameter for quantifying microbial activity in soils. It is defined as oxygen (O2) uptake or carbon dioxide (CO2) evolution by soil microorganisms and includes the gas exchange of aerobic and anaerobic metabolism.

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