A test of a field-based 15N-nitrous oxide pool dilution technique to measure gross N 2O production in soil

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3577-3588

  Yang, Wendy H ^a   Teh, Yit Arn ^b   Silver, Whendee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denitrification; N 2O yield; Nitrous oxide; Pool dilution; Sacramento San Joaquin Delta

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; DILUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL NITROGEN;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054690248     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02481.x     Document Type: Article

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