Earthworms reduce soil nitrous oxide emissions during drying and rewetting cycles

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-124

  Chen, Chen ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a   Guo, Xiaobin ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denitrification enzyme activity; Denitrifier gene copies; Earthworm; N2O emissions; Soil moisture; Wetting drying cycles

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION ENZYME ACTIVITIES; DENITRIFIERS; EARTHWORM; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; WETTING-DRYING CYCLES;

DRYING; GENES; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; RNA; SOIL MOISTURE; WETTING;

DENITRIFICATION;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROUS OXIDE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL FAUNA; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 84885724180     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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