Spatial variability in soil microbial communities in a nitrogen-saturated hardwood forest watershed

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 280-286

  Gilliam, Frank S ^a   McCulley, Rebecca L ^b   Nelson, Jim A ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CLAY CONTENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYCLING RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; FERNOW EXPERIMENTAL FORESTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HARDWOOD FORESTS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; MINERAL SOILS; N SATURATION; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PRODUCTION RATES; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WEST VIRGINIA;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

SOILS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLAY SOIL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PH; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLANT COMMUNITY; SATURATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATERSHED; WEATHERING;

FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; LAKES; LIPIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; WATER SHEDS;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 78751503002     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0172     Document Type: Article

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