Changes in microbial community characteristics and soil organic matter with nitrogen additions in two tropical forests

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 621-632

  Cusack, Daniela F ^a,d   Silver, Whendee L ^a   Torn, Margaret S ^b   Burton, Sarah D ^c   Firestone, Mary K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Extracellular enzymes; Fertilization; Luquillo Experimental Forest; Nitrogen deposition; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Nutrient availability; Phospholipid fatty acid analysis; PLFA; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BACTERIA; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79955526605     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0459.1     Document Type: Article

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