Hot-water, soluble C as a simple measure of labile soil organic matter: The relationship with microbial biomass C

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 1469-1472

  Sparling, G ^a   Vojvodić Vuković, Maja ^a   Schipper, L A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; MICROBIAL FUNCTION; SOIL;

EID: 0032171214     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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