Assessing biological indicators for remediated anthropogenic urban soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 358-369

  Hartley, W ^a   Uffindell, L ^a   Plumb, A ^a   Rawlinson, H A ^b   Putwain, P ^c   Dickinson, N M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Envirolink Northwest   (United Kingdom)

^c Ecological Restoration Consultants (ERC)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land remediation; Soil ecology; Soil quality; Technosols; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); POLLUTION; REMEDIATION;

LAND REMEDIATION; SOIL ECOLOGY; SOIL QUALITY; TECHNOSOLS; URBAN REGENERATION;

SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; BROWNFIELD SITE; EARTHWORM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL REMEDIATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 53149115207     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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