Published 1989
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Journal article
Mineralization of 14C-labelled plant material by Porcellio scaber (Crustacea, Isopoda)
Creators
- 1. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen (UK)
Description
Leaf litter was incubated in a mineral soil in the presence or absence of mature Porcellio scaber. The invertebrate caused an increase in the numbers of bacteria, ammonifying bacteria, actinomycetes and protozoa in the soil. The decomposition of 14C-labelled Lemna gibba was significantly increased by the presence of P. scaber as determined by the total label remaining in the soil and the changes in sugars. 14C-labelled faeces derived from L. gibba decomposed at a slower rate than the plant tissue from which it originated. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Pedobiologia
- Journal Volume
- 33
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- Pedobiologia.
- Journal Page Range
- 355-360
- ISSN
- 0031-4056
- CODEN
- PDBLA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- German Democratic Republic
- INIS RN
- 21023534
- Subject category
- S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS; CRUSTACEANS; DECOMPOSITION; DIGESTION; FECES; HERBS; LEAVES; MINERALIZATION; MONOSACCHARIDES; SOILS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; INVERTEBRATES; MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; SACCHARIDES; WASTES