Temperature sensitivity of peatland C and N cycling: Does substrate supply play a role?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-120

  Weedon, James T ^a   Aerts, Rien ^a   Kowalchuk, George A ^a,b   Van Logtestijn, Richard ^a   Andringa, Dave ^a   Van Bodegom, Peter M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global change; Microbial community structure; Nitrogen cycling; QPCR; Respiration; Seasonal dynamics; Soil enzymes; Sub arctic peatlands

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; NITROGEN CYCLING; PEAT LAND; QPCR; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; SOIL ENZYMES;

BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; DYNAMICS; ENZYMES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

SUBSTRATES;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON CYCLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEATLAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84875611964     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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