Microbially derived inputs to soil organic matter: Are current estimates too low?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8070-8076

  Simpson, André J ^a   Simpson, Myrna J ^a   Smith, Emma ^a   Kelleher, Brian P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

SOIL QUALITY; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL MICROFLORA; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 36849093441     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071217x     Document Type: Article

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