Seasonal patterns of nitrogen fixation by Alnus tenuifolia within successional floodplain forests of the Bonaza Creek Experimantal Forest: 1992

Nitrogenase activity was measured by acetylene reduction (Stewart et al. 1967) and denitrification activity was measured by the acetylene inhibition technique (Tiedje 1982). Both processes were measured simultaneously on the same alder root/nodule sample and on bulk soil samples that served as controls. We sampled all sites in the 1992 growing season; during 7-9 July, 10-14 August, and 6-11 September.