A biological quality index for volcanic Andisols and Aridisols (Canary Islands, Spain): Variations related to the ecosystem degradation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 238-244

  Armas, Cecilia María ^a   Santana, Bayanor ^a   Mora, Juan Luis ^a   Notario, Jesús Santiago ^a   Arbelo, Carmen Dolores ^a   Rodríguez Rodríguez, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Soil quality; Volcanic soils

Indexed keywords

ANDISOLS; ARIDISOLS; BIOLOGICAL QUALITY INDEX (BQI); ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY;

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC CARBON;

SOILS;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULASE; CELLULASE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDISOL; ARIDOSOL; BIOINDICATOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VOLCANIC SOIL;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPAIN; VOLCANO;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULASE; ECOSYSTEM; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN;

DEFORESTATION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34147111801     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.053     Document Type: Article

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