Measuring denitrification activity in soils under pasture: Optimizing conditions for the short-term denitrification enzyme assay and effects of soil storage on denitrification activity

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 409-417

  Luo, J ^a,c   White, R E ^b   Roger Ball, P ^a   Tillman, R W ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; ENZYME; MEASUREMENT; PASTURE; SOIL ORGANISM; SOIL STORAGE;

EID: 0029667099     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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