Digging a Little Deeper: Microbial Communities, Molecular Composition and Soil Organic Matter Turnover along Tropical Forest Soil Depth Profiles

Jennifer Pett-Ridge1, Karis J McFarlane1, Katherine A Heckman2, Sasha Reed3, Elizabeth Ashley Green1, Peter S Nico4, Malak M Tfaily5, Tana E Wood6 and Alain F Plante7, (1)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, (2)USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Houghton, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center Moab, Moab, United States, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)University of Arizona, Department of Environmental Sciences, Tucson, United States, (6)USDA Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, San Juan, United States, (7)University of Pennsylvania, Earth & Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States