Nitrogen fixation and denitrification in a floodplain forest near Manaus, Brazil

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1431-1441

  Kreibich, Heidi ^a   Kern, Jürgen ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylene block method; Acetylene reduction assay; Denitrification; Floodplain; Forest soil; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOILS;

SURFACE SOIL;

FORESTRY;

ACETYLENE; DENITRIFICATION; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

FORESTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0038582768     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1294     Document Type: Article

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