Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) plays an important role in soil nitrogen conservation in neutral and alkaline but not acidic rice soil

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 523-531

  Zhang, Jinbo ^a,b   Lan, Ting ^b   Müller, Christoph ^c   Cai, Zucong ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N tracing model; Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA); Mineralization; Nitrification; Rice soil; Soil nitrogen conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925490259     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-014-1037-7     Document Type: Article

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