Novel approach to monitoring of the soil biological quality

Environment International

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 771-778

  Hofman, Jakub ^a   Bezchlebová, Jitka ^a   Dušek, Ladislav ^a   Doležal, Ludvík ^a   Holoubek, Ivan ^a   Anděl, Petr ^a   Ansorgová, Alena ^a   Malý, Stanislav ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; Respiration; Soil biological quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLAY; IMPURITIES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL QUALITY;

SOILS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RESPIRATION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATION EXCHANGE; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ENCELIOPSIS;

EID: 0037339316     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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