Coweeta soils raw sequence reads. Coweeta soils

In Appalachian ecosystems, forest disturbance has long-term effects on microbially-driven biogeochemical processes such as nitrogen (N) cycling. However, little is known regarding long-term responses of microbial communities to forest disturbance in the region. To determine responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities to forest disturbance, we characterized communities via 16s and ITS sequencing from soils across a range of historically disturbed forests and adjacent reference forests at the Coweeta Hydrologic Lab in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina.