Nitrification potential in field-collected soils contaminated with Pb or Cu

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-39

  Sauvé, Sébastien ^a,c   Dumestre, Alain ^a,b   McBride, Murray ^a   Gillett, James W ^a   Berthelin, Jacques ^b   Hendershot, William ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cu; Free metal; Nitrification; Pb; pH; Soil organic matter; Speciation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COPPER; LEAD; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION; PH; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0032961077     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00166-8     Document Type: Article

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