Microbial regulation of terrestrial nitrous oxide formation: understanding the biological pathways for prediction of emission rates
University of Melbourne · Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences · +1 more institution
Abstract
The continuous increase of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) in the atmosphere due to increasing anthropogenic nitrogen input in agriculture has become a global concern. In recent years, identification of the microbial assemblages responsible for soil N2O production has substantially advanced with the development of molecular technologies and the discoveries of novel functional guilds and new types of metabolism. However, few practical tools are available to effectively reduce in situ soil N2O flux. Combating the negative impacts of increasing N2O fluxes poses considerable challenges and will be ineffective without successfully incorporating microbially regulated N2O processes into ecosystem modeling and…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 44.40
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 204
Authors
3Topics & keywords
- Ecosystem
- Terrestrial ecosystem
- Biogeochemical cycle
- Environmental science
- Nitrous oxide
- Greenhouse gas
- Nitrogen cycle
- Flux (metallurgy)