Soil enzyme activities as biological indicators of soil health

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-73

  Alkorta, Itziar ^a   Aizpurua, Ana ^b   Riga, Patrick ^b   Albizu, Isabel ^b   Amézaga, Ibone ^b   Garbisu, Carlos ^b  

^a CSIC UPV Unidad de Biofisica UBF   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Environmental health; Land management practices; Monitoring; Soil changes; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENZYME;

AIR QUALITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0141767155     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2003.18.1.65     Document Type: Review

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