Carbon and nitrogen mineralization as affected by drying and wetting cycles

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 339-347

  Mikha, Maysoon M ^a   Rice, Charles W ^b   Milliken, George A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate destruction and size distribution; Carbon and nitrogen flush; Dry Wet cycles

Indexed keywords

DRY SOIL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM);

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC MINERALS; SOILS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL AGGREGATE; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

EID: 9344252210     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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