Decreases in soil microbial function and functional diversity in response to depleted uranium

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1306-1311

  Meyer, Michael C ^a,b   Paschke, Mark W ^a   McLendon, Terry ^c,d   Price, David ^e  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Geomega   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d MFG Incorporation   (United States)

^e U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DECOMPOSITION; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; NITROGEN; PAPER; URANIUM; VEGETATION; WOOD WASTES;

BACTERIAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DECOMPOSITION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032211953     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1998.00472425002700060006x     Document Type: Article

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