Through the eye of the needle: A review of isotope approaches to quantify microbial processes mediating soil carbon balance

New Phytologist

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-33

  Paterson, Eric ^a   Midwood, Andrew J ^a   Millard, Peter ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isotopic labelling; Natural abundance isotopic methods; Respiration partitioning; Rhizodeposition; Soil carbon balance; Soil microbial communities; Soil organic matter; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIOACTIVITY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARTITIONING; PERTURBATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

BACTERIA; CARBON; ISOTOPE LABELING; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 69949095797     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03001.x     Document Type: Article

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