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AssigneeColorado State University Research Foundation
InventorsM. Francesca Cotrufo, Yao Zhang, Andrew Robertson, Jocelyn Lavallee, Keith H. Paustian, Stephen Ogle
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A microbial efficiency-matrix stabilization (MEMS) 2.0 ecosystem model, with detailed pools and fluxes for the litter and soil components, represents carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) fluxes among atmosphere, plants, and soil, in multiple soil layers down to a user-defined depth. Inputs and recycling of N cause feedbacks to net primary productivity (NPP), which is allocated aboveground (ANPP) or belowground (BNPP) and at different depths, depending on vegetation and soil traits.
A system comprising:
A method comprising:
A one-dimension ecosystem model, wherein the ecosystem model includes nitrogen (N) cycling, soil vertical water flows, dissolved organic matter (DOM) transport, plant growth, root input, and soil temperature dynamics, and wherein the ecosystem model represents distinct plant inputs and microbial processes in the litter layer and rhizosphere, and DOM, particulate organic matter (POM) and mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) dynamics in the bulk soil to a user-defined depth above the bedrock.
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