Micro-scale modeling of pesticide degradation coupled to carbon turnover in the detritusphere: Model description and sensitivity analysis

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-204

  Pagel, Holger ^a   Ingwersen, Joachim ^a   Poll, Christian ^a   Kandeler, Ellen ^a   Streck, Thilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical interface; Carbon isotopes; Gene abundance; Mechanistic model; Priming effect; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGRADATION; DETRITUS; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SORPTION; TURNOVER;

EID: 84884132972     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9851-3     Document Type: Article

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