From the litter layer to the saprolite: Chemical changes in water-soluble soil organic matter and their correlation to microbial community composition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-176

  Gabor, Rachel S ^a,b   Eilers, Kathryn ^a   McKnight, Diane M ^a,b   Fierer, Noah ^a   Anderson, Suzanne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

EEM PARAFAC; Organic matter microbe interactions; Soil depth; UV vis absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy; Water soluble organic matter (WSOM); XAD 8 resin fractionation

Indexed keywords

EEM-PARAFAC; RESIN FRACTIONATIONS; SOIL DEPTH; UV-VIS ABSORBANCE; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTER;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORESTRY; ROCKS; SOILS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SAPROLITE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886260322     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.029     Document Type: Article

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