A microcosm approach to assessing the effects of earthworm inoculation and oat cover cropping on CO2 fluxes and biological properties in an amended semiarid soil

Chemosphere

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1625-1631

  Caravaca, F ^a   Pera, A ^b   Masciandaro, G ^b   Ceccanti, B ^b   Roldan A ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dehydrogenase activity; Eisenia foetida; Mineralization potential; Soil respiration; Water soluble carbon

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; CROPS; ENZYME KINETICS; FRUITS; METABOLISM; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; EARTHWORMS; MICROCOSM APPROACHES; MINERALIZATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

EARTHWORM; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPOST; CROP; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS EXCHANGE; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; OAT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL QUALITY; TEMPERATURE;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSTING; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; FARM CROPS; INOCULATION; METABOLISM; OATS; SOIL;

AVENA SATIVA; EISENIA FETIDA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 19344378765     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.12.032     Document Type: Article

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