Inorganic nitrogen and microbial biomass dynamics before and during spring snowmelt

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Brooks, Paul D ^a   Williams, Mark W ^b   Schmidt, Steven K ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen saturation; Snowmelt; Tundra

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; SNOWMELT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0031659814     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005947511910     Document Type: Article

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