Estimating the biomass of microbial functional groups using rates of growth-related soil respiration

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1569-1577

  Colores, Gregory M ^a   Schmidt, Steven K ^a   Fisk, Melany C ^a,b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON; FUCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED GROWTH RESPONSE; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATION;

EID: 0030298979     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00253-2     Document Type: Article

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