Gross nitrification rates in four Japanese forest soils: Heterotrophic versus autotrophic and the regulation factors for the nitrification

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 363-373

  Kuroiwa, Megumi ^a   Koba, Keisuke ^a   Isobe, Kazuo ^b   Tateno, Ryunosuke ^c   Nakanishi, Asami ^c   Inagaki, Yoshiyuki ^d   Toda, Hiroto ^a   Otsuka, Shigeto ^b   Senoo, Keishi ^b   Suwa, Yuichi ^e   Yoh, Muneoki ^a   Urakawa, Rieko ^a   Shibata, Hideaki ^f  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Forest soil; Gross mineralization rate; Gross nitrification rate; Heterotrophic nitrification

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; FOREST SOIL; GROSS MINERALIZATION; GROSS NITRIFICATION RATE; HETEROTROPHIC NITRIFICATION;

ACETYLENE; CLIMATOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; LAKES; OXIDATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

NITRIFICATION;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIUM; AUTOTROPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; HETEROTROPHY; INHIBITOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOPSOIL;

JAPAN;

EID: 80052358548     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-011-0287-0     Document Type: Article

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