Recovery of biochemical functionality in polluted flood-plain soils: The role of microhabitat differentiation through revegetation and rehabilitation of the river dynamics

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2088-2097

  Carreira, J A ^a   Vinegla B ^a   Garcia Ruiz R ^a   Ochoa, V ^a   Hinojosa, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical functions; Ecological restoration; Enzyme activities; Guadiamar river basin; Heavy metal pollution; Long term monitoring; Plant species effects; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONSERVATION; COPPER; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DYNAMICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; FOOD ADDITIVES; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MECHANISMS; MINE FLOODING; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL LANDS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONS; DRIVING FORCES; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; ENZYME ACTIVITIES; FLOOD-PLAINS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GLUCOSIDASE; GUADIAMAR RIVER; GUADIAMAR RIVER BASIN; HEAVY-METAL POLLUTION; LOAMY SOILS; LONG-TERM MONITORING; MEAN VALUE; MICRO HABITAT; MICRO-TOPOGRAPHY; MICROHABITATS; NATURAL FLOOD; NATURAL RIVERS; PLANT RESIDUES; PLANT SPECIES EFFECTS; RIVER DYNAMICS; RIVER FLOODING; RIVER TERRACES; SOIL ENVIRONMENTS; SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITIES; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITIES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; VEGETATION CHANGES; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION PATCHES; WET SEASON;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; FLOODPLAIN; INHIBITION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; COPPER; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; FLOODS; FORESTATION; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; PLANTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL; TREES;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIAMAR BASIN; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

QUERCUS; TAMARIX GALLICA;

EID: 49449108783     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.01.021     Document Type: Article

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