Microbial growth efficiencies across a soil moisture gradient assessed using 13C-acetic acid vapor and 15N-ammonia gas

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1262-1269

  Herron, Patrick M ^a   Stark, John M ^b   Holt, Carson ^b   Hooker, Toby ^b   Cardon, Zoe G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Growth efficiency; Isotope dilution; N immobilization; N mineralization; Substrate use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID VAPORS; ALTERNATE METHODS; AMMONIA GAS; AVERAGE VALUES; DRY SOILS; ECOSYSTEM LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; ISOTOPE DILUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL C; MICROBIAL GROWTHS; MICROBIAL N IMMOBILIZATIONS; MOISTURE GRADIENTS; MOISTURE INFLUENCES; N IMMOBILIZATION; N MINERALIZATION; NEW APPROACHES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL PATTERNS; RESPIRATION RATES; SOIL CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENTS; SOIL WATER CONTENTS;

ACETIC ACID; ACIDS; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUTRIENTS; PERMITTIVITY; PH EFFECTS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; VAPORS; WATER CONTENT; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BIOMASS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DILUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 67349187675     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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