The response of microbial biomass and hydrolytic enzymes to a decade of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium addition in a lowland tropical rain forest

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-130

  Turner, Benjamin L ^a   Joseph Wright, S ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

glucosidase; Fertilization; Gigante Peninsula; Microbial biomass; N acetyl glucosaminidase; Panama; Phosphodiesterase; Phosphomonoesterase

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST SOIL; HYDROLYSIS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFOREST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84891901859     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9848-y     Document Type: Article

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