Controls on fluxes of trace gases from Brazilian cerrado soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1117-1124

  Anderson, Iris Cofman ^a   Poth, Mark A ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; GAS EMISSIONS; METHANE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

CHEMODENITRIFICATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; AUTOCLAVE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; GAS TRANSPORT; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0032168548     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1998.00472425002700050017x     Document Type: Article

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