Effect of differently post-treated dewatered sewage sludge on β-glucosidase activity, microbial biomass carbon, basal respiration and carbohydrates contents of soils from limestone quarries

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 393-398

  Jimenez P ^a   Ortiz, O ^b   Tarrason D ^b   Ginovart, M ^c   Bonmati M ^a  

^a Campus Baix Llobregat ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Sewage sludge; Soil carbohydrates; Soil enzymes; Soil metabolic quotient; Soil reclamation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIMESTONE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 36148973233     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-007-0220-z     Document Type: Article

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