New high precision approach for measuring 15N-N2 gas fluxes from terrestrial ecosystems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 234-241

  Yang, Wendy H ^a   McDowell, Andrew C ^a   Brooks, Paul D ^b   Silver, Whendee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Denitrification; Dinitrogen; Gas chromatography; Molecular sieve; N2:N2O ratio; Soil

Indexed keywords

15N TRACER; ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDATION; ANALYTICAL PRECISION; DINITROGEN; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

DENITRIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR SIEVES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS FLOW; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXIDATION; PRECISION; TRACER;

EID: 84890022736     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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