Influence of heavy metals on C and N mineralisation and microbial biomass in Zn-, Pb-, Cu-, and Cd-contaminated soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-109

  Dai, Jun ^a,d   Becquer, Thierry ^b   Rouiller, James Henri ^c   Reversat, Georges ^a   Bernhard Reversat, France ^a   Lavelle, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DTPA extraction; Heavy metal; Microbial characteristics; Soil; Total content

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642441499     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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