The extent of drying influences the flush of respiration after rewetting in non-saline and saline soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2265-2272

  Chowdhury, Nasrin ^a   Yan, Nan ^a   Islam, Md Nazrul ^a   Marschner, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drying and rewetting; Microbial biomass; Respiration; Salinity; Water potential

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL BIOMASS; RE-WETTING; RESPIRATION; SALINITY; WATER POTENTIAL;

CLIMATOLOGY; DRYING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER CONTENT; WATER TREATMENT;

PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMASS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RESPIRATION; REWETTING; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SANDY LOAM; SATURATED MEDIUM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

EID: 80051794147     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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