Seasonal changes in and relationship between soil microbial and microfaunal communities in a Tamarix chinensis community in the Yellow River Delta

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 80, 2011, Pages 18425-18432

  Cao, Di ^a   Shi, Fuchen ^a   Ruan, Weibin ^a   Lu, Zhaohua ^b   Chai, Minwei ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BINZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Community diversity; Microbial biomass; Nematode; Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROFORM; FATTY ACID; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT RESPONSE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL FUMIGATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX CHINENSIS;

EID: 83655212722     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1911     Document Type: Article

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