Relationships of soil respiration to microbial biomass, substrate availability and clay content

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-284

  Wang, W J ^a   Dalal, R C ^a   Moody, P W ^a   Smith, C J ^b  

^a CRC Greenhouse Acco/NRM I   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Clay; Microbial biomass; Mineralisation; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXTRACTION; FUMIGATION; MICROORGANISMS;

TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

SOILS;

BIOMASS; CLAY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 0037297192     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00274-2     Document Type: Article

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