Natural abundance radiocarbon in soil microbial biomass: Results from a glacial foreland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1356-1361

  Garnett, Mark H ^a   Bol, Roland ^b   Bardgett, Richard D ^c   Wanek, Wolfgang ^d   Bäumler, Rupert ^e   Richter, Andreas ^d  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Glacial foreland; Microbial biomass; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

BULK SOILS; CHRONOSEQUENCES; EXPOSED SOIL; FUMIGATION EXTRACTIONS; GLACIAL FORELAND; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; RADIOCARBON; SMALL COMPONENTS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL RESPIRATION;

BIOMASS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; CARBON FLUX; CHRONOSEQUENCE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

EID: 79954608647     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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