Soil respiratory quotient determined via barometric process separation combined with nitrogen-15 labeling

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1610-1615

  Müller, Christoph ^a   Abbasi, M Kaleem ^a   Kammann, Claudia ^a   Clough, Tim J ^b   Sherlock, Robert R ^b   Stevens, R James ^c   Jäger, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Agric   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; DENITRIFICATION; MOISTURE; ORGANIC MINERALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RESPIRATORS; SOILS; SUBSTRATES;

BAROMETRIC PROCESS SEPARATION; DILUTION TECHNIQUES; GRASSLAND SOIL;

NITRIFICATION;

GRASSLAND SOIL; NITRIFICATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4544262006     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.1610     Document Type: Article

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