The fumigation-extraction method to estimate soil microbial biomass: Calibration of the kEN value

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-37

  Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^a   Mueller, Torsten ^a,b  

^a Institut fur Bodenwissenschaft   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ESTIMATION; CALIBRATION; FUMIGATION-EXTRACTION METHOD; MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

EID: 0029666980     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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