Monitoring biomacromolecular degradation of Calluna vulgaris in a 23 year field experiment using solid state 13C-NMR and pyrolysis-GC/MS

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1517-1528

  Huang, Y ^a   Stankiewicz, B A ^a,d   Eglinton, G ^a   Snape, C E ^b   Evans, B ^b   Latter, P M ^c   Ineson, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Shell E and P Technology Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; LITTER; MACROMOLECULE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PARA COUMARIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 0032192694     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00234-4     Document Type: Article

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