Road dust alters extracellular enzyme activities in tussock tundra soils, Alaska, U.S.A.

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 346-351

  Moorhead, D L ^a   Linkins, A E ^b   Everett, K R ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; ROAD DUST; TUNDRA SOIL;

USA, ALASKA, DALTON HIGHWAY;

EID: 0029660927     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552114     Document Type: Article

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