Long-term manipulation of the microbes and microfauna of two subarctic heaths by addition of fungicide, bactericide, carbon and fertilizer

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 707-720

  Schmidt, Inger K ^a,b   Ruess, Liliane ^c   Bååth, Erland ^d   Michelsen, Anders ^a   Ekelund, Flemming ^a   Jonasson, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; Nematode feeding groups; Phospholipid fatty acids; Protozoa; Soil food web

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDE; CARBON; FOOD WEB; FUMIGATION EXTRACTION; FUNGICIDE; GRAZING; HEATH; INORGANIC FERTILIZER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROFAUNA; NUTRIENT CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; SOIL; SUCROSE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; HEATHLAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PESTICIDE; SUBARCTIC REGION;

APHELENCHOIDES;

EID: 0034019555     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00207-2     Document Type: Article

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