Influences of chloroform exposure time and soil water content on C and N release in forest soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1549-1562

  Haubensak, Karen A ^a,c   Hart, Stephen C ^a   Stark, John M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chloroform fumigation; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROFORM; NITROGEN;

CARBON; CHLOROFORM; FOREST SOIL; FUMIGATION; NITROGEN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL WATER;

CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FOREST SOIL; SOIL FUMIGATION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

EID: 0036861596     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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