Early Snowmelt Timing Controls the Magnitude of Soil Nutrient Flux and Microbial Community Turnover During the Winter-Spring Transition


Patrick Sorensen1, Harry R Beller1, Markus Bill2, Nicholas Bouskill3, Eoin Brodie4, Mark E Conrad2, Ulas Karaoz5, Alexander Polussa6, Heidi Steltzer7, Shi Wang4, Kenneth Hurst Williams8, Chelsea Wilmer9 and Yuxin Wu6, (1)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Molecular Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Berkeley, United States, (6)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (7)Iliff School of Theology, Denver, United States, (8)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, United States, (9)Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, United States