MICROBIAL-FEEDING NEMATODES AND PROTOZOA IN SOIL - THEIR EFFECTS ON MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND NITROGEN MINERALIZATION IN DECOMPOSITION HOTSPOTS AND THE RHIZOSPHERE

被引:202
作者
GRIFFITHS, BS
机构
[1] Soil-Plant Dynamics Group, Cellular and Environmental Physiology Department, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, DD2 5DA, Invergowrie
关键词
DECOMPOSITION; NEMATODES; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTOZOA; RHIZOSPHERE;
D O I
10.1007/BF00010107
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
Food web studies from a range of ecosystems have demonstrated that the fauna contributes about 30% of total net nitrogen mineralization. This results mainly from the activities of microbial-feeding microfauna (nematodes and protozoa). Microbial and microfaunal activity is concentrated at spatially discrete and heterogeneously distributed organic substrates, including the rhizosphere. The dynamics of microfauna and their effect on nutrient cycling and microbial processes at these sites is reviewed. The potential manipulation of microfauna, either as an experimental tool to further understand soil microbial ecology or as a practical means of managing nutrient flows in agroecosystems, is discussed.
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