Rates of forest floor decomposition and soil forming processes as indicators of forest ecosystem functioning on a polluted dredged sediment landfill

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 761-769

  Vandecasteele, Bart ^a   De Vos, Bruno ^a   Muys, Bart ^b   Tack, Filip M G ^c  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Calcareous; Earthworm; Ecological risk; Metals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND FILL; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

FERTILE SOILS; LANDFILLING; SOIL FORMING PROCESSES; SUBSURFACE SOIL LAYERS;

DECOMPOSITION;

DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FOREST SOIL; LANDFILL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; IMPURITIES; LAND FILL; POLLUTION; SOIL;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; QUERCUS;

EID: 12544258209     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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