Production and dissolution rates of earthworm-secreted calcium carbonate

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Lambkin, Denise C ^a   Gwilliam, Kerry H ^a   Layton, Caroline ^a   Canti, Matt G ^b   Piearce, Trevor G ^c   Hodson, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical cycles; Calcium; Calcium carbonate; Carbon; Dissolution; Earthworm; Fluxes; Lumbricus terrestris; Production

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; EARTHWORM; GRANULAR MEDIUM; PEDOGENESIS; PH; QUATERNARY; SECRETION; SOIL CARBON; SURFACE AREA;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84855341738     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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