Coarse woody debris increases microbial community functional diversity but not enzyme activities in reclaimed oil sands soils

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Kwak, Jin Hyeob ^a   Chang, Scott X ^a   Naeth, M Anne ^a   Schaaf, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,4 GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; GLUCOSIDASE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST FLOOR MINERAL SOIL MIX; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEAT MINERAL SOIL MIX; PLANT GROWTH; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TAR SAND; WOOD DEBRIS; ALBERTA; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; OIL AND GAS FIELD; WOOD;

ALBERTA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; MINING; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WOOD;

EID: 84957084413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143857     Document Type: Article

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