Fungal and bacterial communities and their associations in snow-free and snow covered (sub-)alpine Pinus cembra forest soils by Maraike Probst, Anusha Telagathoti, Edoardo Mandolini, Ursula Peintner

“…Our findings highlight that the seasonal impact of snow cover has significant consequences for the ecology of the ecosystem, particularly in relation to mycorrhization and nutrient cycling. It is imperative to consider such effects for a comprehensive understanding of the functioning resilience and responsiveness of an ecosystem.…”
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Nitrogen Fertilization, Stand Age, and Overstory Tree Species Impact the Herbaceous Layer in a Central Appalachian Hardwood Forest by Lacey J. Smith, Kirsten Stephan

“…Conclusions: Despite the limitations of a case study, these findings bear relevance to future forest management since the forest herb layer plays important roles in deciduous forests through its influence on nutrient cycling, productivity, and overstory regeneration.…”
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Uncovering historical roots of nature-based solutions: Christian Ludwig Krause's approaches to restoring degraded land in an 18th-century European landscape by Ingo Kowarik

“…Krause's ideas stand out for several reasons: (i) they are underpinned by a clear-sighted understanding of natural components and processes, combined with practical experience; (ii) he treated land degradation as a social-environmental phenomenon, highlighting the responsibility of various stakeholders for problems and their solutions, supported by economic reasoning; (iii) he linked different land-use systems and local to regional scales, even incorporating urban-rural coupling of nutrient cycles. Most of his suggestions meet present-day criteria of NBS. …”
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Surveying and harnessing the genetic, (meta)genomic, and metabolic potential of the deep carbonated biosphere by Freedman, Adam Joshua Ehrich

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From the atmosphere to the abyss: Tracing organic carbon deposition, cadmium isotopes, and iron cycling using marine sediments by Tegler, Logan

“…Rather than reflecting no changes in nutrient cycling, I suggest these compositions reflect a source–sink balance between Cd-depleted surface waters and external Cd inputs. …”
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Responses of bryosphere fauna to drought across a boreal forest chronosequence by Grau-Andrés, Roger, Thieffry, Sylvia, Tian, Shanyi, Wardle, David A., Kardol, Paul

“…In moss-dominated ecosystems, the bryosphere (i.e., the ground moss layer including live and senesced moss) plays a key role in carbon and nutrient cycling, and it hosts high abundances of microfauna (i.e., nematodes and tardigrades) and mesofauna (i.e., mites and springtails). …”
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Ectomycorrhizal community composition, diversity, and their environmental drivers across common UK temperate woodlands by Ong, Wei Sern

“…They are known to have key roles in soil processes and plant health, driving nutrient cycling and carbons sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems and promoting successful establishment of tree seedlings. …”
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Carbon dynamics, net primary productivity and human‐appropriated net primary productivity across a forest–cocoa farm landscape in West Africa by Morel, A, Adu Sasu, M, Adu-Bredu, S, Quaye, M, Moore, C, Ashley Asare, R, Mason, J, Hirons, M, McDermott, C, Robinson, E, Boyd, E, Norris, K, Malhi, Y

“…We found a dramatic shift in litterfall residence times, where cocoa leaves decomposed more slowly than forest leaves and shade tree litterfall decomposed considerably faster, indicating significant changes in rates of nutrient cycling. The average HANPP value for all cocoa farms was 2.1 ± 1.1 Mg C ha-1 yr-1 ; however, depending on the density of shade trees it ranged from -4.6 to 5.2 Mg C ha-1 yr-1 . …”

Estimates of the size-fractionated primary production of UK shelf seas from satellite by Curran, K

“…<p>Estimates of size-fractionated (S-F) primary production are valuable to marine ecologists, biogeochemists and policymakers, as the productivity of individual fractions are important to populations of grazers and processes of nutrient cycling and carbon export. This thesis aims to provide a means to estimate S-F PP in UK Shelf Seas, using in situ measurements of photosynthesis-irradiance (<em>PE</em>) parameters to tune an existing remote sensing model of S-F PP. …”

Species-rich dung beetle communities buffer ecosystem services in perturbed agro-ecosystems by Beynon, SA, Mann, D, Slade, E, Lewis, O

“…Dung beetles (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae) provide a valuable ecosystem service in temperate agro-ecosystems by increasing rates of dung decomposition and nutrient cycling. However, there is concern that these services may be negatively affected by changes in species richness and composition due to changes in pasture management and negative effects of anthelmintics used to control livestock parasites. …”

How effective are on-farm conservation land management strategies for preserving ecosystem services in developing countries? A systematic map protocol by Thorn, J, Snaddon, J, Waldron, A, Kok, K, Zhou, W, Bhagwat, S, Willis, K

“…Ecosystem services included in the study are pollination services; pest-, carbon-, soil-, and water-regulation; nutrient cycling; medicinal and aromatic plants; fuel wood and cultural services. …”

Comparison of soil macro-invertebrate communities in Malaysian oil palm plantations with secondary forest from the viewpoint of litter decomposition by Wonga, Mum-Keng, Tsukamoto, Jiro, Yusuyin, Yusufujiang, Tanaka, Sota, Iwasaki, Kozo, Tane, Ngai-Paing

“…Litter decomposition performed by soil organisms is a vital ecosystem function that regulates nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration. Some studies have found a high level of redundancy among litter decomposing species. …”
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Convective sludge drying by rotary drum dryer using waste steam for palm oil mill effluent treatment by Ahmad Farid, Mohammed Abdillah, Roslan, Ahmad Muhaimin, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Aziz Ujang, Nor Farhana, Zarry, Mohamad, Hasan, Muhamad Yusuf, Yoshihito, Shirai

“…In this study, CSD epitomized the zero-emission of POME treatment due to the fact that; 1) It operates on low-grade steam discharged by the mill instead of electricity, leading to a huge cut on energy consumption, 2) Production of secondary micronutrients-enriched solids by-product (i.e., calcium and magnesium) that can be repurposed as fertilizer, and 3) The decoction produced can potentially be reused to irrigate the existing oil palm plantation for nutrient cycling. The treatment resulted in substantial removal of the chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids (SS), ammoniacal nitrogen (AN), and oil and grease (OG) down to 2 mg/L, 67.7 mg/L, 40.0 mg/L, <0.01 mg/L, and <1 mg/L, respectively, which meets the Standard-A of Malaysia Environmental Quality Regulation (2009), making it sourceable for domestic usage. …”
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Biogeographical patterns of community-level content of N and P and their stoichiometric ratios in subtropical forest floor bryophytes by Zhe Wang, Defeng Feng, Xin Liu, Bin Hu, Weikai Bao

“…This study contributes to a better understanding of the relationships among environmental factors and bryophyte N and P at a basin-mountain transition zone and provides evidence to quantitatively assess the ecological role of bryophytes in nutrient cycling in the ecosystem.…”
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A Comparison of Soil C, N, and P Stoichiometry Characteristics under Different Thinning Intensities in a Subtropical Moso bamboo (<i>Phyllostachys edulis</i>) Forest of China by Xingbao Hu, Chunqian Jiang, Hui Wang, Chunwu Jiang, Jianzhong Liu, Yiming Zang, Shigui Li, Yixiang Wang, Yanfeng Bai

“…In summary, we conclude that the MT is an effective management strategy to promote soil nutrient cycling and provides a reference for formulating management strategies in subtropical Moso bamboo forests.…”
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Pattern and drivers of soil fungal community along elevation gradient in the Abies georgei forests of Segila mountains, Southeast Tibet by Jiangrong Li, Liang Chen, Hui Wang, Shuai Ouyang, Xionghui Liu, Jie Lu

“…Soil fungi are a diverse group of organisms extremely crucial to forest nutrient cycling and carbon (C) storage. The elevational pattern of soil microbial diversity has been widely studied, but how soil properties, elevation, and their association affect fungal community in subalpine forests remain to be explored. …”
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High-throughput sequencing reveals the structure and metabolic resilience of desert microbiome confronting climate change by Walaa K. Mousa, Walaa K. Mousa, Walaa K. Mousa, Tareq Abu-Izneid, Tareq Abu-Izneid, Ahmed Salah-Tantawy, Ahmed Salah-Tantawy

“…The data reveals a shift towards fast-growing microbes with active metabolism, involvement in nutrient cycling, nitrogen fixation, and defense pathways. …”
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Nested interactions between chemosynthetic lucinid bivalves and seagrass promote ecosystem functioning in contaminated sediments by Ulisse Cardini, Lazaro Marín-Guirao, Lazaro Marín-Guirao, Luis M. Montilla, Ugo Marzocchi, Ugo Marzocchi, Salvatore Chiavarini, Juri Rimauro, Grazia Marina Quero, Grazia Marina Quero, Jillian M. Petersen, Gabriele Procaccini

“…We evaluated the capacity of lucinid bivalves (Loripes orbiculatus) to promote nutrient cycling and seagrass (Cymodocea nodosa) growth during a 6-week mesocosm experiment. …”
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Meandering development of tidal creeks splits bacterial communities and functional characteristics: Evidence from a field study in Jiangsu Coast, China by Ran Ge, Zheng Gong, Qian Feng, Kun Zhao, Chuang Jin, Liang Geng, Jiaxin Wei

“…Network analysis revealed that CB bacterial communities had a higher efficiency of nutrient cycling and carbon uptake but were more vulnerable to environmental disturbances. …”
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Soil organic carbon storages and bacterial communities along a restored mangrove soil chronosequence in the Jiulong River Estuary: From tidal flats to mangrove afforestation by Feifei Wang, Rui Guo, Ning Zhang, Shengchang Yang, Wenzhi Cao

“…In addition, the specifically critical bacterial taxa that were associated with the SOC accumulation and nutrient cycling, shaped the distinct metabolic functions, and consequently facilitated the SOC accumulation in the mangrove soils with various afforestation ages. …”
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