Activity and population dynamics of heterotrophic and ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in soil surrounding sludge bands spiked with linear alkylbenzene sulfonate: A field study

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 821-829

  Brandt, Kristian Koefoed ^a   Krogh, Paul Henning ^b   Sørensen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Field experiment; Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate; Sludge amended soil; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS;

MICROBIAL POPULATIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID;

AMMONIA; BENZENE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SANDY SOIL; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIELD EXPERIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CELL RESPIRATION; HUMIDITY; NITROGEN; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 0037568116     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<0821:AAPDOH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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