Leaching of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Carbon Dioxide Emission after Compost Application to Six Nutrient-Depleted Forest Soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-98

  Borken, Werner ^a   Xu, Yi Jun ^b   Beese, Friedrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LEACHING; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

DISSOLVED OGANIC CARBON (DOC); SOIL RESPIRATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUND WATER; MINERAL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BEECH; CARBON LOSS; CHEMICAL SINK; COMPOST; DECOMPOSITION; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FIELD EMISSION; FOREST SOIL; GERMANY; LEACHING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION; MINERAL SOIL; NORWAY SPRUCE; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT DEPLETED SOIL; SCOTS PINE; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ABIES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0347634523     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.8900     Document Type: Article

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