Denitrifier community size, structure and activity along a gradient of pasture to riparian soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-60

  Deslippe, Julie R ^a,c   Jamali, Hiz ^a   Jha, Neha ^b   Saggar, Surinder ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural greenhouse gases; Denitrification; Excess pasture N; NirS; Nitrous oxide; NosZ; Quantitative PCR; Riparian buffer; RpoB; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GENES; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE; AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS; EXCESS PASTURE N; GREENHOUSES GAS; NIR; NITROUS OXIDE; NOSZ; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; RPOB; T-RFLP;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PASTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TEXTURE;

MANAWATU RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84893385951     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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