Small-scale heterogeneity in carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane production from aggregates of a cultivated sandy-loam soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2468-2473

  Sey, Benjamin K ^a   Manceur, Ameur M ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a   Gregorich, Edward G ^b   Rochette, Philippe ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylene; Carbon dioxide; Denitrification; Methane; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Oxygen diffusion; Respiration; Soil aggregate fraction; Soil gas production

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS;

ACETYLENE; DENITRIFICATION; LOAM SOILS; METHANE PRODUCTION; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; RESPIRATION; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITIES; SOIL AGGREGATE FRACTION; SOIL GAS PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; HETEROGENEITY; METHANOGENESIS; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 49449092805     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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