Evidence of high microbial abundance and spatial dependency in three arctic soil ecosystems

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2227-2232

  Banerjee, Samiran ^a   Si, Bing C ^a   Siciliano, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; 18S RRNA; ARCHAEAL; ARCTIC SOIL; CANADIAN ARCTIC; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; DISSOLVED ORGANIC N; DRY SOIL; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; GELIFLUCTION; MICROBIAL ABUNDANCES; MICROBIAL DISTRIBUTION; N CONTENT; PERIGLACIAL PROCESS; SOIL RESOURCES; SOIL SAMPLE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL SCALING; TOTAL ORGANIC C;

ECOSYSTEMS; GENES; RNA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CRYOTURBATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THERMOKARST;

ARCTIC; CANADA;

EID: 83055198380     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0098     Document Type: Article

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