Mineral cycling in soil and litter arthropod food chains. Three-year progress report, November 1, 1980-January 31, 1984

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5248101

Crossley, Jr, D A

This report summarizes our analysis of trophic dynamics in soil fauna including their impact on the decomposition process, investigation of relationships between soil fauna and microflora, development and testing of models describing these processes, and documentation of rates of movement of nutrients along soil arthropod food chains.

• Research Organization: Georgia Univ., Athens (USA). Dept. of Entomology
• DOE Contract Number: AS09-76EV00641
• OSTI ID: 5248101
• Report Number(s): DOE/EV/00641-49; ON: DE84001775
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
09 BIOMASS FUELS
FOREST LITTER
DECOMPOSITION
LEAVES
MERCURY CHLORIDES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
NAPHTHALENE
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
FOOD CHAINS
ANNELIDS
ARTHROPODS
BIOMASS
CHROMIUM 51
COBALT 60
COMPOSTING
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
INSECTS
MITES
NEMATODES
OAKS
PHOSPHORUS 32
PROTOZOA
STRONTIUM 85
TRACER TECHNIQUES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ANIMALS
ARACHNIDS
AROMATICS
ASCHELMINTHES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CHROMIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT ISOTOPES
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENERGY SOURCES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HELMINTHS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
INVERTEBRATES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
MERCURY HALIDES
MICROORGANISMS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES
PLANTS
PROCESSING
RADIOISOTOPES
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
TREES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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