Limitations of soil microbial biomass carbon as an indicator of soil pollution in the field

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2693-2695

  Broos, Kris ^a   Macdonald, Lynne M ^a   J Warne, Michael St ^a   Heemsbergen, Diane A ^a   Barnes, Mary B ^a   Bell, Mike ^b   McLaughlin, Mike J ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicological endpoint; Field variability; Metal toxicity; Robustness; Soil microbial biomass carbon

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ENDPOINT; FIELD VARIABILITY; METAL TOXICITY; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON;

BIOMASS; FUMIGATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL;

EID: 34447500143     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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