Microbial activity in non-agricultural degraded soils exposed to semiarid climate

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 183-186

  Bastida, Felipe ^a   Moreno, José Luis ^a   Hernández, Teresa ^a   García, Carlos ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

ATP; Microbial activity; Microbial biomass carbon; Semiarid climate; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON;

MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOIL DEGRADATION;

SOILS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATASE;

BIOMASS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL DEGRADATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMASS; CARBON; DESERT CLIMATE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34147139451     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.035     Document Type: Article

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