Microbial performance in soils along a salinity gradient under acidic conditions

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-244

  Sardinha, Mafalda ^a,b   Müller, Torsten ^a   Schmeisky, Helge ^a   Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acidification; Adenylates; ATP; Biomass N; Ergosterol; Microbial biomass C

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0038606334     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(03)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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