N isotope fractionation and measures of organic matter alteration during decomposition

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2021-2025

  Kramer, Marc G ^a   Sollins, Phillip ^b   Sletten, Ronald S ^c   Swart, Peter K ^d  

^a Life Sciences Division   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

13C solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); Decomposition; Humification; Illuviation; Isotope fractionation; Natural 15N and 13C isotope abundance; Soil organic carbon; Soil organic matter dynamics

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; HUMIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345016274     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-3097     Document Type: Article

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