1979
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1979.tb01002.x
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Abstract: Natural aggregates 01' topsoil samples of six British soils (Handope, Ragdale, Evesham, Denchworth, Flint and Salop) were incubated with added nutrients and changes in their stability to wet sieving determined. Under anaerobic incubation the type of nutrient added had little effect on stability. Aerobic incubation with glucose gave a larger proportion of stable aggregates than with water. With peptone stability usually decreased, and occasionally increased, which may indicate differences in the binding mecha… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
1

Citation Types

0
1
0

Year Published

1985
1985
2018
2018

Publication Types

Select...
5
1

Relationship

0
6

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 18 publications
(1 citation statement)
references
References 9 publications
0
1
0
Order By: Relevance
“…This result is probably due to the differences in the nitrogen content between the plots . More nitrogen is expected to imply an enhanced ability of micro-organisms to decompose polysaccharides or other carbon-rich compounds (Skinner, 1979) that bind soil particles together, thus leading to lower aggregate stability. Briefly, micro-organisms are expected to decrease aggregate stability by degrading organics that bind particles all together and produce water repellent molecules, at the same time.…”
Section: Comparison Between Thinned and Control Plotsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This result is probably due to the differences in the nitrogen content between the plots . More nitrogen is expected to imply an enhanced ability of micro-organisms to decompose polysaccharides or other carbon-rich compounds (Skinner, 1979) that bind soil particles together, thus leading to lower aggregate stability. Briefly, micro-organisms are expected to decrease aggregate stability by degrading organics that bind particles all together and produce water repellent molecules, at the same time.…”
Section: Comparison Between Thinned and Control Plotsmentioning
confidence: 99%