Fate of 15N labelled nitrate and ammonium in a fertilized forest soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 545-557

  Bengtsson, Göran ^a   Bergwall, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Gas chromatography; Immobilization; Mass spectrometry; Mobilization; Nitrification; Nitrogen; Soil bacteria; Spruce

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIFICATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOREST SOIL; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; REDUCTION; TRACER;

AMMONIUM; FOREST SOIL; NITRATE;

EID: 0034070472     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00183-2     Document Type: Article

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