Ecosystem Composition Controls the Early Fate of Rare Earth Elements during Incipient Soil Genesis
Dragos G Zaharescu, Carmen I Burghelea, Katerina Dontsova, Jennifer K Presler, Raina M Maier, Travis Huxman, Kenneth J Domanik, Edward A Hunt, Mary K Amistadi, Emily E Gaddis, Maria A Palacios- Menendez, Maria. O Vaquera-Ibarra, Jonathan Chorover
The paper shows that ecosystem composition, particularly microbes and plants, significantly influences the mobilization and uptake of rare earth elements during early soil formation.
bioRxiv · Jul 2, 2016Ecology