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Effects of vegetation and nutrient availability on potentail denitrification rates were studied in two volcanic, alluvial-terrace soils in lowland Costa Rica that differ greatly in weathering stage and thus in availability of P and base cations. Potential denitrification rates were significantly higher in plots where vegetation had been left undisturbed than in plots where all vegetation had been removed continuously, and were higher on the less fertile of the two soils. The potential denitrification rates were correlated strongly with respiration rates, levels of mineralizable N, microbial biomass, and moisture content, and moderately well with concentrations of extractable NH sup+inf4 , Kjeldahl N, and total C. In all plots, denitrification rates were stimulated by the removal of O2 and by the addition of glucose but not by the addition of water or NO sup-inf3 .
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Griffiths, R.P., Caldwell, B.A. & Sollins, P. Effects of vegetation regime on denitrification potential in two tropical volcanic soils. Biol Fertil Soils 16, 157–162 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00361400
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