Microbially available carbon in buried riparian soils in a glaciated landscape

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-96

  Gurwick, Noel P ^a,b   Groffman, Peter M ^c   Yavitt, Joseph B ^a   Gold, Arthur J ^d   Blazejewski, Gary ^d   Stolt, Mark ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d Kingston Coastal Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Alluvium; Biogeochemistry; Carbon; Denitrification; Eutrophication; Glacial outwash; Groundwater; Lithology; Microbial biomass; Organic matter; Rhode Island; Riparian zones; Stable isotopes; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER; LITHOLOGY; NITROGEN; SOILS;

GLACIAL OUTWASH; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; RIPARIAN ZONES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TABLE;

NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348929978     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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