Turnover of soil organic matter and of microbial biomass under C3-C4 vegetation change: Consideration of 13C fractionation and preferential substrate utilization

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Blagodatskaya, E ^a,b   Yuyukina, T ^a   Blagodatsky, S ^a,c   Kuzyakov, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C fractionation; CO2 partitioning; Dissolved organic matter; Microbial biomass turnover; Preferential substrate utilization; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

13C FRACTIONATION; CO2 PARTITIONING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PREFERENTIAL SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGY; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; SUBSTRATES; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATABOLISM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION TYPE;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 78449255729     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.09.028     Document Type: Article

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