Dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in an extreme alkaline saline soil: A review

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 865-877

  Dendooven, Luc ^a   Alcántara Hernández, Rocio J ^a   Valenzuela Encinas, Cesar ^a   Luna Guido, Marco ^a   Perez Guevara, F ^a   Marsch, Rodolfo ^a  

^a Cinvestav   (Mexico)

Author keywords

14C labelled glucose; Aerobic nitrate reduction; Ammonia volatilization; Ammonium fixation; Cellulolytic activity; Denitrification; Dynamics of ammonium, nitrite and nitrate; Emission of CO2 and N2O; Microbial ammonium immobilization; Nitrification

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE SALINE SOILS; AMENDED SOIL; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; AMMONIUM FIXATION; ARCHAEAL; CARBON AND NITROGEN; ELECTROLYTIC CONDUCTIVITY; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; NITRATE EMISSION; NITRATE REDUCTION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SOIL MATRICES; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS; SOIL PH; VOLCANIC ORIGIN; WASTEWATER SLUDGE;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DECAY (ORGANIC); DENITRIFICATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GLUCOSE; LIGHTING; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; SOILS; WASTEWATER;

REDUCTION;

AMMONIA; CARBON EMISSION; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; INHIBITION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; PH; PHYLOGENETICS; SALINE SOIL; SLUDGE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VOLATILIZATION; WASTEWATER;

LAKE TEXCOCO; MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950692286     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.02.014     Document Type: Review

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