Altered Composition and Microbial versus UV-Mediated Degradation of Dissolved Organic Matter in Boreal Soils Following Wildfire

Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1396-1412

  Olefeldt, David ^a   Turetsky, Merritt R ^a   Blodau, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alberta; biodegradability; boreal forest; dissolved organic matter; fluorescence; PARAFAC; peatlands; photodegradation; SUVA; wildfire

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST; HUMIFICATION; LEACHATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEATLAND; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOLUBILITY; TURNOVER; WILDFIRE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; FIJI; SUVA; VITI LEVU;

PICEA;

EID: 84887998828     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-013-9691-y     Document Type: Article

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