Manure injection alters the spatial distribution of soil nitrate, mineralizable carbon, and microbial biomass

Andrew M. Bierer, formerly a graduate research assistant and PhD candidate at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, is currently a physical scientist postdoc at the Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Laboratory, Kimberly, Idaho. Rory O. Maguire is a professor in the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. Michael S. Strickland is an assistant professor in the Department of Soil and Water Systems, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Ryan D. Stewart is an associate professor in the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. Wade E. Thomason is a professor/Extension grains specialist in the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.