Articles | Volume 14, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2155-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2155-2017
Research article
 | 
27 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 27 Apr 2017

Alteration of soil carbon and nitrogen pools and enzyme activities as affected by increased soil coarseness

Ruzhen Wang, Linyou Lü, Courtney A. Creamer, Feike A. Dijkstra, Heyong Liu, Xue Feng, Guoqing Yu, Xingguo Han, and Yong Jiang

Viewed

Total article views: 2,577 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total Supplement BibTeX EndNote
1,386 1,070 121 2,577 350 90 117
  • HTML: 1,386
  • PDF: 1,070
  • XML: 121
  • Total: 2,577
  • Supplement: 350
  • BibTeX: 90
  • EndNote: 117
Views and downloads (calculated since 10 Nov 2016)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 10 Nov 2016)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 2,577 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 2,475 with geography defined and 102 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 

Cited

Latest update: 03 Nov 2024
Download
Short summary
Soil coarseness is one of the principle constrains on terrestrial net primary productivity, ecosystem health, and regional economy. In a semi-arid sandy grassland, we conducted a field experiment to investigate the effect of soil coarseness on soil carbon pools, microbial biomass C, N, and P, and C-, N- and P-cycling enzyme activities of β-glucosidase, N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, and acid phosphomonoesterase by mixing soil with sand in different proportions of 0, 10, 30, 50, and 70 %.
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint