Carbon and nitrogen limitation to microbial respiration and biomass in an acidic solfatara field

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Yoshitake, Shinpei ^a   Sasaki, Akiko ^a   Uchida, Masaki ^b   Funatsu, Yuichi ^a   Nakatsubo, Takayuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acidic soil; PLFA; Soil microbial respiration; Solfatara field; Substrate limitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846286879     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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