Decomposition processes: Modelling approaches and applications

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 137-149

  Moorhead, Daryl L ^a   Sinsabaugh, Robert L ^b   Linkins, A E ^c   Reynolds, James F ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Ecosystem modelling; Enzyme models

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MODEL;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TURNOVER TIME;

EID: 0029668366     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04974-6     Document Type: Article

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