Field and laboratory evaluation of soil quality changes resulting from injection of liquid sewage sludge

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-272

  Stamatiadis, S ^a   Doran, J W ^b   Kettler, T ^b  

^a Goulandris Natural History Museum   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Environmental quality; Indicators; Landscape position; Microbial activity; Nitrification; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; PH; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0033003526     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(99)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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