Fungal and bacterial biomass in tundra soils along an arctic transect from Taimyr Peninsula, central Siberia

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 871-877

  Schmidt, Nicole ^a,b   Bölter, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; FUNGUS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TUNDRA SOIL; VEGETATION COVER;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; TAIMYR PENINSULA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FUNGI;

EID: 0036934233     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0422-7     Document Type: Article

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