Nitrogen deposition alters nitrogen cycling and reduces soil carbon content in low-productivity semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 179, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-193

  Ochoa Hueso, Raúl ^a,b   Maestre, Fernando T ^b   De Los Ríos, Asunción ^a   Valea, Sergio ^a   Theobald, Mark R ^c   Vivanco, Marta G ^d   Manrique, Esteban ^a   Bowker, Mathew A ^b,e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C and N cycling; Enzyme activities; Extant N gradient; Fertilization experiment; Soil cyanobacteria community; Soil organic C and N content

Indexed keywords

C AND N CYCLING; EXTANT N GRADIENT; FERTILIZATION EXPERIMENT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; N CONTENT; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

SOILS;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON EMISSION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN;

AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON CYCLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 84877842892     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.060     Document Type: Article

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