Denitrification from nitrogen-fixing biologically crusted soils in a cool desert environment, southeast Utah, USA

Ecological Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Barger, Nichole N ^a   Castle, Sarah C ^b   Dean, Gavin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Colorado plateau; Cool desert; Denitrification; Nitrogen fixation; Soil nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ETHYLENE; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; RAIN; SOILS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; COLORADO PLATEAU; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DENITRIFICATION RATE; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; LEVEL OF WATER ADDITIONS; SOIL NITROGEN;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

DENITRIFICATION; DESERT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL NUTRIENT;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 85016870991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-16     Document Type: Article

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