Gross nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates and their relationships to enzyme activities and the soil microbial biomass in soils treated with dairy shed effluent and ammonium fertilizer at different water potentials

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-186

  Frampton, C M ^a   Zaman, M ^a   Di, H J ^a   Cameron, K C ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dairy shed effluent; Enzymes; Gross mineralization rate; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen fertilizer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DAIRY; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; SOIL TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; SOIL AMENDMENT;

EID: 0345004936     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050542     Document Type: Article

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