New paper presents a global dataset of gross nitrogen transformation rates

A new paper published in Nature Scientific Data presents a global dataset of gross nitrogen transformation rates across terrestrial ecosystems. The paper entitled “A global dataset of gross nitrogen transformation rates across terrestrial ecosystems”. The first author is Dr. Eunji Byun a former ERG postdoctoral fellow and now a faculty member in the Department of Earth System Sciences at Yonsei University, Republic of Korea. Co-authors include ERG’s Dr. Fereidoun Rezanezhad and Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen and colleagues from Germany, USA, Italy, Chile, Japan, China, and Egypt. This paper presents a dataset of gross nitrogen transformation rates of mineralization, nitrification, ammonium immobilization, nitrate immobilization, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in terrestrial ecosystems, extracted from 331 studies covering 581 field sites. This dataset is the most comprehensive overview of terrestrial ecosystem gross nitrogen transformation rates and serves as a global synthesis of the extent and variability of gross nitrogen transformation rates across a wide range of environmental conditions.

The published paper is open access and can be found online: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03871-3