Biodegradation of soluble organic matter as affected by land-use and soil depth

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1667-1677

  Toosi, Ehsan R ^a,b   Clinton, Peter W ^c   Beare, Michael H ^d   Norton, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCION   (New Zealand)

^d THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; C/N RATIO; EXTRACTABLE ORGANIC MATTER; LABILE COMPOUNDS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL SAMPLE; SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTERS; SPECIFIC ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE; TURNOVER RATE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; LAKES; LAND USE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; LAND USE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL;

EID: 84866411207     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0437     Document Type: Article

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