Bacterial and enchytraeid abundance accelerate soil carbon turnover along a lowland vegetation gradient in interior Alaska

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 188-198

  Waldrop, M P ^a   Harden, J W ^a   Turetsky, M R ^b   Petersen, D G ^c   McGuire, A D ^d,e   Briones, M J I ^f   Churchill, A C ^e   Doctor, D H ^d   Pruett, L E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Black spruce; Bonanza Creek LTER; Boreal wetland; C and N mineralization; Enchytraeids; Fen; Fungi; Soil enzymes; Tussock

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE; BONANZA CREEK LTER; BOREAL WETLANDS; C AND N MINERALIZATION; ENCHYTRAEIDS; FEN; SOIL ENZYMES; TUSSOCK;

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; FUNGI; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; ANNELID; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEN; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HUMIFICATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPOGRAPHY; TURNOVER; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; FUNGI; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; PICEA MARIANA; PLANTS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCHYTRAEIDAE; FUNGI; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84860214429     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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