Soil organic carbon buffers heavy metal contamination on semiarid soils: Effects of different metal threshold levels on soil microbial activity

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-228

  Moreno, J L ^a   Bastida, F ^a   Ros, M ^a   Hernandez T ^a   Garcia C ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Enzyme activity; Soil contamination; Soil microbial activity; Toxicity levels; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349096284     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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