Substrate-induced respiration and selective inhibition as measures of microbial biomass in soils

Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 515-526

  Bailey, V L ^a   Bolton, H ^a   Smith, J L ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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