Determining the contribution of surface soil organisms to subsurface soil fertility and CO2 efflux in a semi-arid desert

Kristina Young, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States, Scott Ferrenberg, New Mexico State University, Biology, Las Cruces, NM, United States, Robin Reibold, U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT, United States, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, University of Texas at El Paso, Biological Sciences, El Paso, TX, United States and Sasha Reed, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT, United States