Effect of heavy metals on microbial biomass and activities in century old landfill soil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 299-306

  Bhattacharyya, Pradip ^a   Mitra, A ^b   Chakrabarti, K ^b   Chattopadhyay, D J ^b   Chakraborty, A ^c   Kim, K ^a  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorescein diacetate activity; Heavy metal; Landfill soil; Microbial biomass; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HEAVY METALS; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE ACTIVITY; LANDFILL SOIL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

LAND FILL;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; INHIBITION; LANDFILL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESPIRATION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL STRESS; COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; LANDFILL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEXTURE; SOLID WASTE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON; HUMANS; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36549051692     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9685-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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