Water-Soluble carbon and the carbon dioxide pulse are regulated by the extent of soil drying and rewetting

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1267-1278

  Guo, Xiaobin ^a   Drury, Craig F ^a   Yang, Xueming ^a   Reynolds, W Daniel ^a  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC C; DRYING-REWETTING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; LABORATORY STUDIES; LINEAR CORRELATION; WATER-FILLED PORE SPACE; WATER-SOLUBLE CARBONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY LOAM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MINERALIZATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; REWETTING; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION; SOLUBILITY; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 84906256279     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2014.02.0059     Document Type: Article

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