Field and lab conditions alter microbial enzyme and biomass dynamics driving decomposition of the same leaf litter

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Rinkes, Zachary L ^a   Sinsabaugh, Robert L ^b   Moorhead, Daryl L ^a   Stuart Grandy, A ^c   Weintraub, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposer community; Decomposition; Extracellular enzyme; Litter bag; Microbial biomass; Nutrients; Turnover activity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; MICROBIAL ENZYME; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ACER; ARTICLE; CARBON MINERALIZATION; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNUS; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; INCUBATION TIME; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; OAK; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

ACER;

EID: 84885416007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00260     Document Type: Article

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