Biological control of terrestrial silica cycling and export fluxes to watersheds

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7027, 2005, Pages 728-731

  Derry, Louis A ^a   Kurtz, Andrew C ^b   Ziegler, Karen ^c   Chadwick, Oliver A ^c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; SILICA CYCLING; SOIL SOLUTION;

WATERSHEDS;

GERMANIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL WATER; FRESH WATER; SILICON;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; SILICON; SOIL WATER; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; BASALT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOMASS; BIOMASS SUPPORT; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; ROOTING; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHED; WEATHERING; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HAWAIIA;

BIOMASS; FRESH WATER; GERMANIUM; HAWAII; PLANTS; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; WEATHER;

EID: 13944271898     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03299     Document Type: Article

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