Microbial responses to zinc in soil microcosms with and without a natural assemblage of enchytraeids

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2178-2184

  Kools, Stefan A E ^a   Ferwerda, Bart ^a   Van Gestel, Cornelis A M ^a   Van Straalen, Nico M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Carbon nitrogen mineralization; Enchytraeidae; Microcosm; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; ZINC;

AMMONIUM OXIDATION; CARBON/NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; MICROCOSM;

SOILS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; ZINC;

SOIL MICROORGANISM; ZINC;

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MICROCOSM; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

ANNELIDA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 23944523558     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-661R.1     Document Type: Article

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