Effects of nitrogen addition on soil microbes and their implications for soil C emission in the Gurbantunggut Desert, center of the Eurasian Continent

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 515-516, Issue , 2015, Pages 215-224

  Huang, Gang ^a   Cao, Yan Feng ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Li, Yan ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon utilization; Desert ecosystem; Microbial biomass; Microbial community composition; Microbial respiration; Nitrogen deposition; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATES;

CARBON UTILIZATION; DESERT ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

SOILS;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON UTILIZATION; CHINA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DESERT; HALOXYLON; HALOXYLON AMMODENDRON; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; ANALYSIS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84925482706     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.054     Document Type: Article

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