Response of soil microbial biomass and community composition to chronic nitrogen additions at Harvard forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-158

  Compton, Jana E ^a   Watrud, Lidia S ^a   Porteous, L Arlene ^a   DeGrood, Shira ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; amoA; Bacteria; Chloroform fumigation extraction; Colony forming units; Community DNA profiles; Fungi; Microbial biomass; nifH; Nitrite oxidizing bacteria; Nitrogen fixing bacteria; NOR; Substrate utilization

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; COMPOSITION; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GENES; NITROGEN;

CHLOROFORM FUMIGATION-EXTRACTION; HARVARD FOREST;

SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST SOIL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 3042845753     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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