Differences of stabilized organic carbon fractions and microbiological activity along Mediterranean Vertisols and Alfisols profiles

Geoderma

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 379-388

  Marinari, S ^a   Dell'Abate, M T ^b   Brunetti, G ^c   Dazzi, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b Centro per la Ricerca e la sperimentazione in Agricoltura   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alfisols; DSC; Fluorescence spectra; FT IR; Humic acids; Microbial indices; TG; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

ALFISOLS; AROMATIC STRUCTURES; BASAL RESPIRATION; CARBON DYNAMICS; DEEP HORIZON; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FT-IR SPECTRUM; HIGHER-DEGREE; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HUMIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; METABOLIC QUOTIENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON FRACTION; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL PH; SOIL PROCESS; SOIL PROFILES; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL METHODS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VERTISOLS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXYLATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCONDENSATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

ALFISOL; CALORIMETRY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIC ACID; HUMIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYSACCHARIDE; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; VERTISOL;

EID: 77950878384     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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