Soil microbial community structure of coal mine discard under rehabilitation

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 355-366

  Claassens, S ^a   Van Rensburg, P J Jansen ^a   Van Rensburg, L ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coal discard; Microbial community structure; Phospholipid fatty acids; Rehabilitation; Viable microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COAL MINES; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS; VEGETATION;

COAL DISCARD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; VIABLE MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

BIOMASS; COAL MINES; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

COAL MINE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; GROUND COVER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOPSOIL;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; COAL MINING; FUNGUS GROWTH; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); FUNGI;

EID: 33745928150     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9125-y     Document Type: Article

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