Changes in soil microbial biomass and community composition along vegetation zonation in a coastal sand dune

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-396

  Yoshitake, Shinpei ^a   Nakatsubo, Takayuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA); Salinity; Soil organic matter (SOM)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VEGETATION;

COASTAL SAND DUNE (CSD); COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS (MB); MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID (PLFA) ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS (SMB); SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM); SOIL SALINITY; SOIL SAMPLES;

STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DUNE; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION;

VITEX ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 45849151277     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR07104     Document Type: Article

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