Measuring respiration profiles of soil microbial communities across Europe using MicroResp™ method

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue , 2016, Pages 36-43

  Creamer, R E ^a   Stone, D ^a,b   Berry, P ^a   Kuiper, I ^c,d  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Agrifirm Innovation Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; MicroResp ; Monitoring; Multiple substrate induced respiration (MSIR); Soil microbial activity; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949111829     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.08.004     Document Type: Article

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