A standardized method for the determination of the intrinsic carbon and nitrogen mineralization capacity of natural organic matter sources

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1493-1503

  Grigatti, Marco ^a   Pérez, Manuel Dios ^b   Blok, Wim J ^c   Ciavatta, Claudio ^a   Veeken, Adrie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon; Liquid environment incubation; Mineralization; Nitrification inhibitors; Nitrogen; Organic matter stability; Respiration rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS; ORGANIC MATTER STABILITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE (OUR); RESPIRATION RATE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CARBON; DETECTION METHOD; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 34247181122     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.12.035     Document Type: Article

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