Temperature controls of microbial respiration in arctic tundra soils above and below freezing

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1785-1795

  Mikan, Carl J ^a   Schimel, Joshua P ^a   Doyle, Allen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; Frozen soil; Respiration kinetics; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

FROZEN GROUND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA SOIL;

ARCTIC TUNDRA; CARBON CYCLE; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; RURAL AREA; SOIL RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THAWING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036862332     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00168-2     Document Type: Article

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