Decomposition of heavy metal contaminated nettles (Urtica dioica L.) in soils subjected to heavy metal pollution by river sediments

Chemosphere

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 981-987

  Khan, Khalid Saifullah ^a   Joergensen, Rainer Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ergosterol; Heavy metals; Microbial biomass; Respiratory quotient

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; DECOMPOSITION; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS;

ERGOSTEROL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; ERGOSTEROL; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ZINC;

BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; DECOMPOSITION; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

DECOMPOSITION; DIOECY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FUMIGATION; HEAVY METAL; HERB; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANT; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URTICA DIOICA;

URTICA; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 33748184725     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.03.038     Document Type: Article

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