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Date
Jan2004 Jan2005 Jan2006
Daily Average Air Temperature
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Precipitation (mm)
0
20
40
60
80
100
Microbial Biomass Carbon (mg C kg dry soil
1
)
0
100
200
300
400
500
A. Microbial Biomass (CHCl
3
slurry extraction) D. Nitrification Potential
Date
Jan2004 Jan2005 Jan2006
Daily Average Temperature
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Nitrification Potential (-g Nkg soil
1
hr
1
)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Precipitation (mm)
0
20
40
60
80
100