Coupled moisture and microbial dynamics in unsaturated soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Maggi, F ^a,b   Porporato, A ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY;

HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FUNCTIONS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BACTERIA; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOMASS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOISTURE; POROSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER FLOW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 36649000500     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005367     Document Type: Article

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