Denitrification enzyme activity and potential of subsoils under grazed grasslands assayed by membrane inlet mass spectrometer

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1787-1797

  Khalil, M I ^a,b,c   Richards, K G ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Denitrification enzyme activity; Grazed grassland; Subsoils

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION CAPACITY; DENITRIFICATION ENZYME ACTIVITIES; DENITRIFICATION ENZYME ACTIVITY; DENITRIFICATION POTENTIAL; DENITRIFICATION RATE; GRAZED GRASSLAND; HEADSPACES; MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRE-INCUBATION; SATURATED SUBSOIL; SOIL DEPTH; SUBSOILS;

ARGON; BUDGET CONTROL; DEIONIZED WATER; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; LAND USE; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SUBSTRATES;

SOILS;

DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN CYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SUBSOIL;

LOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 80051470891     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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