Biosolids increase soil aggregation and protection of soil carbon five years after application on a crested wheatgrass pasture

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 291-298

  Wallace, Brian M ^a   Krzic, Maja ^a   Forge, Tom A ^b   Broersma, Klaas ^b   Newman, Reg F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION POROSITIES; AGGREGATE STABILITIES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BULK DENSITIES; FERTILIZER TREATMENTS; MEAN WEIGHTS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITIES; ORGANIC MATTERS; RANDOMIZED COMPLETE BLOCKS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SEMI-ARID; SIZE FRACTIONS; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITIES; SOIL AGGREGATES; SOIL AGGREGATIONS; SOIL BULK DENSITIES; SOIL CARBONS; SOIL WATER CONTENTS; SOIL WATERS; STABLE AGGREGATES; SURFACE APPLICATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; WHEAT GRASSES;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURE; APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; FERTILIZERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATER TREATMENT;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AGROPYRON; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; POROSITY; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM;

EID: 58349092904     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0608     Document Type: Article

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