Are oxygen limitations under recognized regulators of organic carbon turnover in upland soils?

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 2-3, 2016, Pages 157-171

  Keiluweit, Marco ^a,b   Nico, Peter S ^c   Kleber, Markus ^d   Fendorf, Scott ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Organic matter; Oxygen limitations; Soil carbon; Soils

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECOMPOSITION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84959571746     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0180-6     Document Type: Article

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