Early degradation of plant alkanes in soils: A litterbag experiment using 13C-labelled leaves

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2222-2228

  Nguyen Tu, Thanh Thuy ^a   Egasse, Céline ^a   Zeller, Bernd ^b   Bardoux, Gérard ^c   Biron, Philippe ^c   Ponge, Jean François ^d   David, Brigitte ^a   Derenne, Sylvie ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d MNHN   (France)

Author keywords

Leaf litter decomposition; Lipids; N Alkanes; Soil organic matter; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; EUROPEAN BEECH; FAGUS SYLVATICA; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LEAF LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERBAGS; LONG CHAIN ALKANE; MICROBIAL CONTRIBUTION; N-ALKANES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ORGANISMS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DICOTYLEDON; INVASIBILITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; LIPID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 80051656703     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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