Soil properties affecting toxicity of zinc to soil microbial properties in laboratory-spiked and field-contaminated soils

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2633-2640

  Smolders, Erik ^a   Buekers, Jurgen ^a   Oliver, Ian ^b   McLaughlin, Mike J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microbial; Nitrification; Respiration; Soil solution; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CROPS; GLUCOSE; NITRIFICATION; PH EFFECTS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

MICROBIAL ASSAYS; MICROBIAL PROCESSES; RESIDUE RESPIRATION; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATION (SIR);

ZINC;

ZINC;

BIOAVAILABILITY; NITRIFICATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; EUROPE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LABORATORIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZEA MAYS; ZINC;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 5444254332     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-27     Document Type: Article

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