Chemoautotrophic nitrification in acidic forest soils along an urban-to-rural transect

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1091-1100

  Zhu, Wei Xing ^a   Carreiro, Margaret M ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

FOREST SOIL; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032993307     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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