1. Current methods for measuring microbial biomass C in soil: Potentials and limitations

   • R. Martens

   Review Article Pages: 87 - 99

2. Mineralization of carbon and nitrogen from cowpea leaves decomposing in soils with different levels of microbial biomass

   • Kathrin Franzluebbers
   • Richard W. Weaver
   • Alan J. Franzluebbers

   Original Paper Pages: 100 - 102

3. Bioavailability and effects of heavy metals on soil microbial biomass survival during laboratory incubation

   • L. Leita
   • M. De Nobili
   • G. Zerbi

   Original Paper Pages: 103 - 108

4. Earthworm effects on the use of C sources by microorganisms: Non-linear response to temperature alteration

   • Volkmar Wolters
   • Klemens Ekschmitt

   Original Paper Pages: 109 - 114

5. Determination of phospholipid- and lipopolysaccharide-derived fatty acids as an estimate of microbial biomass and community structures in soils

   • L. Zelles
   • Q. Y. Bai
   • F. Beese

   Original Paper Pages: 115 - 123

6. Microbial biomass nitrogen pool in soils from a warm temperate grassland, and from deciduous and evergreen forests in Chiba, central Japan

   • S. K. Billore
   • M. Ohsawa
   • S. Okano

   Original Paper Pages: 124 - 128

7. Microbial biomass in agricultural topsoils after 6 years of bare fallow

   • S. Weigand
   • K. Auerswald
   • T. Beck

   Original Paper Pages: 129 - 134

8. Comparison of microbiological methods for evaluating quality and fertility of soil

   • A. J. Franzluebbers
   • D. A. Zuberer
   • F. M. Hons

   Original Paper Pages: 135 - 140

9. Carbon and nitrogen relationships in the microbial biomass of soils in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests

   • R. G. Joergensen
   • T. -H. Anderson
   • V. Wolters

   Original Paper Pages: 141 - 147

10. The short-term effects of cessation of fertiliser applications, liming, and grazing on microbial biomass and activity in a reseeded upland grassland soil

    • R. D. Bardgett
    • D. K. Leemans

    Original Paper Pages: 148 - 154

11. Influence of beech litter fragmentation and glucose concentration on the microbial biomass in three different litter layers of a beechwood

    • Mark Maraun
    • Stefan Scheu

    Original Paper Pages: 155 - 158

12. Influence of agricultural traffic and crop management on collembola and microbial biomass in arable soil

    • Claus Heisler
    • Ernst-August Kaiser

    Original Paper Pages: 159 - 165

13. The earthworm population of a winter cereal field and its effects on soil and nitrogen turnover

    • J. P. Curry
    • D. Byrne
    • K. E. Boyle

    Original Paper Pages: 166 - 172

14. Application of the selective inhibition method to determine bacterial: fungal ratios in three beechwood soils rich in carbon — Optimization of inhibitor concentrations

    • Jörn Alphei
    • Michael Bonkowski
    • Stefan Scheu

    Original Paper Pages: 173 - 176

15. Effect of nitrogen fertiliser on temporal and spatial variation of mineral nitrogen and microbial biomass in a silvopastoral system

    • C. D. Campbell
    • S. J. Chapman
    • F. Urquhart

    Original Paper Pages: 177 - 185

16. Methods for the investigation of metabolic activities and shifts in the microbial community in a soil treated with a fungicide

    • Bettina Heilmann
    • Michael Lebuhn
    • Friedrich Beese

    Original Paper Pages: 186 - 192

17. Seasonal changes in microbial biomass in soils cropped with palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii L.) and Japanese mint (Mentha arvensis L.) in subtropical India

    • D. D. Patra
    • S. Chand
    • M. Anwar

    Original Paper Pages: 193 - 196

18. Soil microbial biomass and organic matter composition in soils under cultivation

    • Lothar Beyer

    Original Paper Pages: 197 - 202

19. Flow-microcalorimetry measurements of aerobic and anaerobic soil microbial activity

    • Bert P. Albers
    • Friedrich Beese
    • Anton Hartmann

    Original Paper Pages: 203 - 208

20. Examination of microbial biomass in beech forest moder profiles

    • Nicol Stockfisch
    • Rainer G. Joergensen
    • Ulrich Eberhardt

    Original Paper Pages: 209 - 214

21. Microbial biomass phosphorus in soils of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests

    • Rainer G. Joergensen
    • Helga Kübler
    • Volkmar Wolters

    Original Paper Pages: 215 - 219

22. Seasonal changes in microbial biomass and nutrient flush in forest soils

    • M. Díaz-Raviña
    • M. J. Acea
    • T. Carballas

    Original Paper Pages: 220 - 226

23. Effect of temperature on soil microbial biomass and its metabolic quotient in situ under different tillage systems

    • Roberto Alvarez
    • Oscar J. Santanatoglia
    • Roberto Garcîa

    Original Paper Pages: 227 - 230

24. Effects of farmyard manure and inorganic fertilizer on the dynamics of soil microbial biomass in a tropical dryland agroecosystem

    • N. Ghoshal
    • K. P. Singh

    Original Paper Pages: 231 - 238

25. Influence of temperature on CO₂ evolution, microbial biomass C and metabolic quotient during the decomposition of two humic forest horizons

    • R. Pöhhacker
    • W. Zech

    Original Paper Pages: 239 - 245

26. Effects of fertilizer application and fire regime on soil microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen, and nitrogen mineralization in an Australian subalpine eucalypt forest

    • A. K. M. A. Hossain
    • R. J. Raison
    • P. K. Khanna

    Original Paper Pages: 246 - 252

27. Saprophytic fungal-bacterial biomass variations in successional communities of a semi-arid steppe ecosystem

    • Donald A. Klein
    • T. McLendon
    • E. F. Redente

    Original Paper Pages: 253 - 256

28. A method of preparing mesocosms for assessing complex biotic processes in soils

    • Alexander Bruckner
    • John Wright
    • Ellen Kandeler

    Original Paper Pages: 257 - 262

29. Biomass distribution of a microarthropod community in spruce forest soil

    • Christian Kampichler

    Short Communication Pages: 263 - 265

30. Grazing preferences of some collembola for endomycorrhizal fungi

    • T. Thimm
    • O. Larink

    Short Communication Pages: 266 - 268