Decreases in organic C reserves in soils can reduce the catabolic diversity of soil microbial communities

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-196

  Degens, Bradley P ^a,b   Schipper, Louis A ^a   Sparling, Graham P ^a   Vojvodic Vukovic, Maja ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catabolic response profiles; Land use; Microbial biomass; Microbial functional diversity; Potentially mineralizable organic C; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CATABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM DIVERSITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0033951888     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00141-8     Document Type: Article

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