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500 



500 



SD-C.Q.-I 



500 



500 



500 



SD-E.a-2 



o _f- 



Litter 



500 



Measured 



Simulated 



FIGURE 9-8. Measured and simulated rates of microbial res- 

 piration in relation to moisture and temperature for: 1-yr-old 

 standing dead o/Carex aquatilis (SD-C.a.-l); 2-yr-old stand- 

 ing dead ofC. aquatilis (SD-C.a.-2); 2-yr-old standing dead of 

 Eriophorum angustifolium (SD-E.a.-2); and mixed graminoid 

 litter. (After Bunnell et al. 1977a.) 



