Extracellular enzyme activity beneath temperate trees growing under elevated carbon dioxide and ozone

Jennifer L. Larson; Donald R. Zak; Robert L. Sinsabaugh

Extracellular enzyme activity beneath temperate trees growing under elevated carbon dioxide and ozone

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Jennifer L. Larson, Donald R. Zak, Robert L. Sinsabaugh

Year:

2002

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Soil Science Society of America Journal. 66: 1848-1856.

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Abstract

Soil microorganisms are limited by the amount and type of plant- derived substrates entering soil, and we reasoned that changes in the production and biochemical constituents of plant litter produced under elevated CO₂ and O₃ would elicit physiological changes in soil microbial communities.

Citation

Larson, Jennifer L.; Zak, Donald R.; Sinsabaugh, Robert L. 2002. Extracellular enzyme activity beneath temperate trees growing under elevated carbon dioxide and ozone. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 66: 1848-1856.