Evaluating a Microbial Functional Group-based Model to Explain Greenhouse Gas Productions and Consumptions from Puerto Rican Tropical Forest Soils


Debjani Sihi1, Melanie A Mayes2, Christine O’Connell3, Xiaofeng Xu4, Whendee L Silver5, Carla López Lloreda6, Brian Yudkin7, Ryan Quinn8, Jianqiu Zheng9, Julia Brenner10, Jana R Phillips8, Jana R. Phillips11, Gisela Gonzalez7 and Brent D Newman12, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (2)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (4)San Diego State University, Department of Biology, San Diego, United States, (5)University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States, (6)Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory, Río Grande, PR, United States, (7)Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory, Rio Grande, United States, (8)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, United States, (9)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States, (10)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division, Oak Ridge, United States, (11)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (12)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos, United States