Effects of soil structure destruction on methane production and carbon partitioning between methanogenic pathways in tropical rain forest soils

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Teh, Yit Arn ^a,b,c   Silver, Whendee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RAINFOREST; SLURRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL SOIL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 34848850182     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JG000020     Document Type: Article

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