Carbon-Degrading Enzyme Activities Stimulated by Increased Nutrient Availability in Arctic Tundra Soils

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Koyama, Akihiro ^a   Wallenstein, Matthew D ^a   Simpson, Rodney T ^a   Moore, John C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ENZYME; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARCTIC TUNDRA; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CLIMATE; FERTILIZERS; GLUCOSIDASES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84885442909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077212     Document Type: Article

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