Effect of the organic horizon on methane oxidation and uptake in soil of a boreal Scots pine forest

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-255

  Saari, Anne ^a   Heiskanen, Juha ^b   Martikainen, Pertti J ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric methane consumption; Forest soil; Methane oxidation; Organic horizon; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER;

FOREST SOIL; METHANE; MICROBE; ORGANIC HORIZON; SOIL WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FOREST; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER CONTENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031821166     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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