The effect of chironomid larvae on production, oxidation and fluxes of methane in a flooded rice soil

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-129

  Kajan, Regina ^a   Frenzel, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Chironomidae; Methane oxidation; Methane production; Paddy soil

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

FLOODED SOIL; LARVA; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PADDY FIELD;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHIRONOMIDAE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0032966242     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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