Enzymology under global change: Organic nitrogen turnover in alpine and sub-Arctic soils

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 309-314

  Weedon, James T ^a   Aerts, Rien ^a   Kowalchuk, George A ^a,b   Van Bodegom, Peter M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Freeze thaw cycle; Nitrogen flux; Organic nitrogen turnover; Peatland; Q 10; Soil extracellular enzyme

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC NITROGEN;

ALPINE TUNDRA; ARCTIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOME; CARBON STORAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79551491543     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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