Aggregate formation and carbon sequestration by earthworms in soil from a temperate forest exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2: A microcosm experiment

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 223-230

  Sánchez de León, Yaniria ^a,b   Lugo Pérez, Javier ^a   Wise, David H ^b   Jastrow, Julie D ^c   González Meler, Miquel A ^b  

^a Universidad de Puerto Rico Utuado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Carbon sequestration; Diplocardia; Earthworm; Lumbricus rubellus; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DIPLOCARDIA; EARTHWORM; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS; FEEDING; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

STABILIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MACROAGGREGATE; MICROCOSM; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTATION; FEEDING; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL;

OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886449428     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.023     Document Type: Article

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