Is soil acidification the cause of biochemical responses when soils are amended with heavy metal salts?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1953-1961

  Speir, T W ^a   Kettles, H A ^b   Percival, H J ^c   Parshotam, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Microbial biomass; Phosphatase; Soil acidification; Soil respiration; Sulphatase

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEAD; NICKEL; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFATASE; ZINC;

ACIDIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAVY METAL; SOIL AMENDMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032750838     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00115-7     Document Type: Article

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