Alternative methods for measuring inorganic, organic, and total dissolved nitrogen in soil

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1018-1027

  Hood Nowotny, Rebecca ^a   Hinko Najera Umana, Nina ^b   Inselbacher, Erich ^c   Oswald Lachouani, Petra ^a   Wanek, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLORIMETRIC DETERMINATION; COLORIMETRIC METHODS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DETECTION LIMITS; DISSOLVED NITROGEN; FUMIGATION EXTRACTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIMITS OF QUANTIFICATION; LOW COSTS; MICROLITERS; MODIFIED METHODS; PERSULFATE OXIDATION; REFERENCE METHOD; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COLORIMETRY; DISSOLUTION; SOILS;

CATALYTIC OXIDATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CATALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 77956829342     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0389     Document Type: Article

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