Investigating microbial micro-habitat structure using X-ray computed tomography

Geoderma

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 398-407

  Nunan, Naoise ^a   Ritz, Karl ^b   Rivers, Mark ^c   Feeney, Debbie S ^d   Young, Iain M ^d  

^a BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Microscale; X ray computer tomography

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MICROSCALE; SOIL ECOSYSTEMS; X-RAY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BIODIVERSITY; MICROHABITAT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745466290     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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