Multivariate analysis of microbial activity and soil organic matter at a forest site subjected to low-level heavy metal contamination

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Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-57

  Palmborg, Cecitia ^a   Bringmark, Lage ^b   Bringmark, Ewa ^b   Nordgren, Anders ^b  

^a Department of Forest Ecology ^*

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HEAVY METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION RATE; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031886405     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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36. We thank Birgitta Samuelsson for field and laboratory assistance. This study was financed by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.