Soil carbon saturation: Implications for measurable carbon pool dynamics in long-term incubations

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-366

  Stewart, Catherine E ^a,b   Paustian, Keith ^b   Conant, Richard T ^b   Plante, Alain F ^b,c   Six, Johan ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

13C labeling; Agroecosystem; Carbon sequestration; Particulate organic matter; Soil aggregation; Soil carbon saturation; Soil incubation; Soil organic matter stabilization

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHELATION; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; LABELING; LAKES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STABILIZATION;

13C LABELING; AGROECOSYSTEM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL CARBON SATURATION; SOIL INCUBATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER STABILIZATION;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON;

EID: 58149505693     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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