Response of soil microbial biomass and enzyme activities to the transient elevation of carbon dioxide in a semi-arid grassland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2448-2460

  Kandeler, Ellen ^a   Mosier, Arvin R ^b   Morgan, Jack A ^c   Milchunas, Daniel G ^d   King, Jennifer Y ^e   Rudolph, Sabine ^a   Tscherko, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Below ground processes; Carbon cycling; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Microbial biomass; Shortgrass steppe; Soil enzymes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENZYME KINETICS; NUTRITION; SOILS;

BELOW GROUND PROCESSES; CARBON CYCLING; GRASSLANDS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SHORTGRASS STEPPE; SOIL ENZYMES; TRANSIENT ELEVATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELEVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746726482     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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