Methane production and carbon mineralisation of size and density fractions of peat soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 877-886

  Van Den Pol van Dasselaar, A ^a   Oenema, O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM;

CARBON; METHANOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT SOIL;

EID: 0032892318     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00188-6     Document Type: Article

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