Field-scale variation in microbial activity and soil properties in relation to mineralization and sorption of pesticides in a sandy soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1710-1718

  Vinther, F P ^a   Brinch, U C ^b,c   Elsgaard, L ^a   Fredslund, L ^b   Iversen, B V ^a   Torp, S ^a   Jacobsen, C S ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CLAY MINERALS; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAMPLING; SAND; SORPTION; SPRAYING; SULFATE MINERALS;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; AQUATIC HABITATS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENZYMATIC PROCESSES; GLYPHOSATE; GROUND WATER RESERVOIRS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; METRIBUZIN; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL PARAMETERS; PESTICIDE DEGRADATION; PESTICIDE LEACHING; SAMPLING POINTS; SANDY SOILS; SCALE VARIATION; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL SAMPLES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

SOILS;

CARBON; GLYPHOSATE; METRIBUZIN; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE; TRIAZINAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLAY; DEGRADATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MINERALIZATION; SAMPLING; SANDY SOIL; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY;

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; DENMARK; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 51849162443     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0201     Document Type: Article

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