Microbial immobilization and the retention of anthropogenic nitrate in a northern hardwood forest

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1858-1866

  Zogg, Gregory P ^a,c   Zak, Donald R ^a   Pregitzer, Kurt S ^b   Burton, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Belowground fate and flow of nitrate; Microbial immobilization; Nitrate; Nitrate retention and microbial pathways; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen saturation; Plant and microbial competition for nitrogen; Sugar maple (Acer saccharum)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOREST; HARDWOOD; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN METABOLISM; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROBE;

FOREST SOIL; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE;

ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 0033911421     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1858:MIATRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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