Microscale-scale measurement of potential nitrification rates of soil aggregates

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 411-413

  Hoffmann, Heike ^a   Schloter, Michael ^b   Wilke, Berndt Michael ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrification; Oxygen diffusion; Soil aggregates

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 36148941794     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-007-0227-5     Document Type: Article

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