Microbial responses to the erosional redistribution of soil organic carbon in arable fields

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-201

  Dungait, Jennifer A J ^a   Ghee, Claire ^b,c   Rowan, John S ^d   McKenzie, Blair M ^c   Hawes, Cathy ^c   Dixon, Elizabeth R ^a   Paterson, Eric ^c   Hopkins, David W ^e  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon cycling; Nitrogen cycling; Soil erosion; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ARABLE FIELDS; ARABLE SOILS; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON; C VALUES; CARBON CYCLING; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DOWNSLOPE; DYNAMIC REPLACEMENT; FINE PARTICLES; INVERSE PROPORTIONS; MICROBIAL RESPONSE; N VALUE; NITROGEN CYCLING; SLOPE POSITIONS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS C; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CROPS; DENITRIFICATION; EROSION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARABLE LAND; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DENITRIFICATION; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84874509032     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.01.027     Document Type: Article

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