Microbial biomass phosphorus contributions to phosphorus solubility in riparian vegetated buffer strip soils

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1237-1241

  Roberts, William M ^a,b   Matthews, Rachel A ^c   Blackwell, Martin S A ^c   Peukert, Sabine ^c,d   Collins, Adrian L ^e,f   Stutter, Marc I ^b   Haygarth, Philip M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass phosphorus; Microbial turnover; Organic matter; Phosphorus solubility; Riparian vegetated buffer strip

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BUFFER ZONE; LEACHING; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SOLUBILITY; TURNOVER;

EID: 84888008981     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-013-0802-x     Document Type: Article

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