Direct and indirect counts of fungi and bacteria as indexes of microbial mass and productivity
1974
WITKAMP, MARTIN
Kinetics of microbial mass and productivity were calculated from direct microbial counts on two leaf species during their first year of composition at two contrasting sites. Maximum microbial mass on the Fo litter surface approached 25 g/m of forest floor or 10 percent of the substrate weight. Corresponding productivity was about 1 g/m·day. Fungal mass averaged 40 times greater than that of bacteria. Related serial dilution plate counts indicated qualitative aspects of colonization.
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