Estimating active carbon for soil quality assessment: A simplified method for laboratory and field use

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-17

  Weil, Ray R ^a   Islam, Kandikar R ^a   Stine, Melissa A ^a   Gruver, Joel B ^a   Samson Liebig, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Active soil carbon; Analytical methods; Field kit; Microbial biomass; Permanganate oxidizable carbon; Soil aggregate stability; Soil organic matter; Soil quality assessment; Soil quality indicators

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ANALYTICAL METHOD; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 0037355491     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/AJAA2003003     Document Type: Article

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