Effect of biochar amendment on soil carbon balance and soil microbial activity

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1301-1310

  Steinbeiss, S ^a   Gleixner, G ^a   Antonietti, M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C labeling; Biochar; Greenhouse experiment; PLFA; Residence times

Indexed keywords

13C LABELING; BIOCHAR; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENT; PLFA; RESIDENCE TIMES;

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSE; GREENHOUSES; LABELING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; YEAST;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHARCOAL; FATTY ACID; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOSPHOLIPID; PYROLYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE;

BACTERIA; CHAR; FATTY ACIDS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSES; LABELING; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISM CONTROL; PYROLYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; YEASTS;

FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 67349243354     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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