Abstract:Using ®eld mesocosms maintained for 6 months in an acid spruce forest, we investigated the in¯uence of microarthropods on biomass, structure and function of the soil microbial community. In the litter layer (L/F layer), the re-immigration of mesofauna into mesocosms did not signi®cantly aect substrate-induced respiration (SIR), biomass C, biomass N, biomass P, Nmineralisation or enzymes involved in N cycling. There was no eect of the mesofauna on the biomarkers for fungal biomass (ergosterol and phospholipid f… Show more
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