Method to label soil cores with 15NH3 gas as a prerequisite for 15N isotopic dilution and measurement of gross N mineralization

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 1731-1741

  Murphy, D V ^a,b,c   Fillery, I R P ^a,b   Sparling, G P ^a,c  

^a CRC Legumes in Mediterranean Agric   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; METHANE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; SOIL CORE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031474476     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00067-9     Document Type: Article

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