Growth and death of bacteria and fungi underlie rainfall-induced carbon dioxide pulses from seasonally dried soil

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1162-1172

  Blazewicz, Steven J ^a,c   Schwartz, Egbert ^b   Firestone, Mary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Birch effect; Fungi; Growth; Heavy water; Mortality; Population ecology; Soil wetup; Stable isotope probing; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFALL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURVIVAL; TURNOVER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SOIL; TIME;

BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FUNGI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84903618319     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1031.1     Document Type: Article

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