Turnover of labile and recalcitrant soil carbon differ in response to nitrate and ammonium deposition in an ombrotrophic peatland

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2307-2321

  Currey, Pauline M ^a,b   Johnson, David ^b   Sheppard, Lucy J ^c   Leith, Ian D ^c   Toberman, Hannah ^d   van der Wal, René ^b   Dawson, Lorna A ^a   Artz, Rebekka R E ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon turnover; Enzyme activity; Nitrogen deposition; Peatland; Substrate induced respiration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEATLAND; PH; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 77955079799     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02082.x     Document Type: Article

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