Can any one guide me or provide papers, books how to analysis lablibel fractions of organic carbon (DOC, MBC, EOC) and Total organic carbon. I have need your suggestions and if you have literature becuase this is new field for me. I have collected more material on this area but still not clear.
Hello Dr. Kashif,
You may also consult the book "Soil Analysis -- Handbook of Reference Methods" by Soil and Plant Analysis Council, Inc., CRC Press (2000). This is a very user-friendly reference book for many different types of basic soil analysis procedures. You may find this book quite useful.
Best Regards.
Anindita.
http://www.epa.gov/esd/cmb/research/papers/bs116.pdf
http://www.isric.org/isric/webdocs/docs/ISRIC_TechPap09_2002.pdf
http://www.planta.cn/forum/files_planta/methods_of_analysis_212.pdf
http://soilcarboncoalition.org/files/MeasuringSoilCarbonChange.pdf
http://www.epa.gov/region9/qa/pdfs/9060dqi.pdf
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/soils/testmethods/oc.pdf
You may also want to have a look at the methods used in the following papers:
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Hi Kashif,
For MBC and DOC analysis, you can refer to the paper by Vance et al. (1987) and Joergensen et al.. For TOC, you can use the method of KCr2O7 oxidation and FeSO4 titration, or combustion under high temperature (560 oC or likewise, sorry I forget the exact number). They all are widely-used assay methods. Hope you are happy in China :).
Regards,
Hui
Thank you all for nice suggestions and providing research papers. Now, I am clear from procedures.
It depends on the fractions you want to measure. You can measure fractions according to the chemical composition of the organic carbon (humic acids, fulvic acids, humine...), or according to the beahaviour of the fraction in the soil (chemically, biochemically and physically protected carbon) (I attach a paper about this last fractionation method). So, first, you must choose which fractions you can measure according to the aim of your study.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1016125726789
The following papers with diferent methods to study soil organic matter composition may be useful:
The following papers with different methods to study soil organic matter composition may be useful:
Nelson D.W., Sammers L.E., 1982. Total carbon and organic matter. Methods of soil analysis, Part 2.
Chemical and microbiological properties. Agronomy Monograph no.9 (2end edition), S. Segor Dd; ASA-SSSA, Madison, USA.
Pennell K.D., Boyd S.A. and Abriola L.M., 1995. Surface area of soil organic matter re examined. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.59: 1012-1018 p.
Pennell K.D., Boyd S.A. and Abriola L.M., 1995. Surface area of soil organic matter re-examined. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.59: 1012-1018 p.
Methods from Soil Survey Laboratory Staff (1992).
K. Kalbitz*, J. Schmerwitz, D. Schwesig, E. Matzner Biodegradation of soil-derived dissolved organic matter as related to its properties
A ´da´m Zsolnay Dissolved organic matter: artefacts, definitions, and functions
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