Breaking the enzymatic latch: Impacts of reducing conditions on hydrolytic enzyme activity in tropical forest soils

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2936-2945

  Hall, Steven J ^a,b   Treffkorn, Jonathan ^a   Silver, Whendee L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Enzymatic latch; Extracellular enzyme; Iron reduction; Oxygen; Phenolics; Redox reactions; Soil carbon; Soil organic matter; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; HUMID TROPICS; PHENOL; REDOX CONDITIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84908271400     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2151.1     Document Type: Article

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