Distinct fungal and bacterial δ13C signatures as potential drivers of increasing δ13C of soil organic matter with depth

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2015, Pages 13-26

  Kohl, Lukas ^a   Laganière, Jérôme ^a,b   Edwards, Kate A ^b   Billings, Sharon A ^c   Morrill, Penny L ^a   Van Biesen, Geert ^a   Ziegler, Susan E ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Necromass; PLFA; Podzols; Soil microbial biomass; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84930271884     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0107-2     Document Type: Letter

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