Nematodes as indicators of ecosystem development during platinum mine tailings reclamation

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-107

  Rossouw, J ^a   Van Rensburg, L ^a   Claassens, S ^a   Jansen Van Rensburg, P J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Inorganic fertilisers; Nematode indices; Nematodes; Platinum mine tailings; Woodchip vermicompost

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD WEB; LAND RECLAMATION; MINE; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLATINUM; SUCCESSION; TAILINGS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIS;

EID: 43349107372     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9050-7     Document Type: Article

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