Effects of acid rain components on soil microarthropods: A field manipulation

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 413-428

  Heneghan, Liam ^a,b   Bolger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Acid rain; Collembola; Community structure; Microarthropods; Perturbation

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULPHATE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; NITRIC ACID; SOIL FAUNA; SULPHURIC ACID;

IRELAND, COUNTY KILKENNY;

ACARI; ASIGMATA; COLLEMBOLA; CRYPOSTIGMATA; PICEA ABIES; PINACEAE; PROSTIGMATA;

EID: 2842558023     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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