Effects of Cd, Zn, or both on soil microbial biomass and activity in a clay loam soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 751-758

  Renella, Giancarlo ^a   Chaudri, Amar M ^b   Falloon, Céline M ^b   Landi, Loretta ^a   Nannipieri, Paolo ^a   Brookes, Philip C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Cadmium; Microbial biomass; Rhizobia; Toxicity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CADMIUM; CLAY LOAM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOXICITY TEST; ZINC;

RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 34447136947     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0159-5     Document Type: Article

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