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Murray, P. J., Hatch, D. J., Dixon, E. R., Stevens, R. J., Laughlin, R. J. and Jarvis, S. C. 2004. Denitrification potential in a grassland subsoil: effect of carbon substrates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 36 (3), pp. 545-547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.10.020
Authors | Murray, P. J., Hatch, D. J., Dixon, E. R., Stevens, R. J., Laughlin, R. J. and Jarvis, S. C. |
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Abstract | We examined the potential of a subsoil to denitrify nitrate under optimal anaerobic conditions in a laboratory-based incubation when supplied with a range of C substrates of increasing recalcitrance. Both topsoil and its associated subsoil were supplied with nitrate and either glucose, starch or cellulose. Microbial respiration and the evolution of N2O and N2 were measured. The subsoil supported low amounts of microbial activity and responded only to the glucose treatment; with less than one-fifth of the N2O production measured in the top soil. Overall, our findings demonstrated that the denitrification potential of this particular subsoil is relatively low and that only simple carbohydrates could be utilised readily by the resident microorganisms. |
Year of Publication | 2004 |
Journal | Soil Biology and Biochemistry |
Journal citation | 36 (3), pp. 545-547 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.10.020 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Funder | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
Natural Environment Research Council | |
Funder project or code | Soil Science and Environmental Quality (SSEQ) |
Project: 2430 6138 | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 02 Dec 2003 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 31 Oct 2003 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Copyright license | Publisher copyright |
ISSN | 0038-0717 |
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