Nitrification and denitrification activities of zinc-treated soils worked by the earthworm Pheretima sp.

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 176-180

  Yin, Shixue ^a,b   Yang, Linzhang ^b   Yin, Bin ^b   Mei, Lijuan ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrification; Pheretima sp.; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; DENITRIFICATION; EARTHWORM; NITRIFICATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; ZINC;

PHERETIMA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PHERETIMA SP.;

EID: 0042194870     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-003-0643-0     Document Type: Article

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