EcologybioRxiv
Evidence for the priming effect in a planktonic estuarine microbial community
Andrew Decker Steen, Lauren N. M. Quigley, Alison Buchan
The study investigates the priming effect in an estuarine microbial community, finding that labile protein plus phosphorus increased remineralization of degraded organic matter by 100%, while effects were transient over 36 days.
DOI 10.3389/fmars.2016.00006