Ben Turner in Soil Pit (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Ben Turner in Soil Pit

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Soils collected at sites with high and low rainfall make it possible how the presence of water changes the soil microbiome. Ben Turner, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, in a soil profile pit on Barro Colorado Island in Panama.

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