Contribution of plant photosynthate to soil respiration and dissolved organic carbon in a naturally recolonising cutover peatland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1622-1628

  Trinder, Clare J ^a,b   Artz, Rebekka R E ^b   Johnson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Calluna vulgaris, CO2 efflux; Cutover peatland; DOC; Eriophorum angustifolium; Eriophorum vaginatum; In situ; Microbial biomass; pulse labelling; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOILS;

CUTOVER PEATLAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); PLANT PHOTOSYNTHATE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND; RECOLONIZATION; SOIL RESPIRATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERIOPHORUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 46549086461     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.01.016     Document Type: Article

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