Soil microbial properties in coal mine tailings under rehabilitation

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-83

  Claassens, S ^a   Riedel, K J ^a   Van Rensburg, L ^a   Morgenthal, T L ^b   Jansen Van Rensburg, P J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coal discard; Enzymatic activity; Rehabilitation; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 31744448026     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/0401_075083     Document Type: Article

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