Enzyme activities and heavy metals concentration in soil amended with sewage sludge

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1019-1024

  Antonious, George F ^a  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Invertase; Phosphatase; Soil management practice; Urease; Yard waste compost

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMENDED SOIL; BRASSICA OLERACEA; CONCENTRATION OF; FIELD STUDIES; INVERTASE ACTIVITY; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; NATIVE SOIL; NUTRIENT STATUS; P-NITROPHENYL PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATASE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SOIL MICROBES; SOIL MICROBIAL POPULATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; YARD WASTES;

ACIDS; AGRONOMY; BIOSOLIDS; CATALYSTS; COMPOSTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; LEAD; NICKEL ALLOYS; POLLUTION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SUGAR (SUCROSE); UREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

SOILS;

4 NITROPHENYL PHOSPHATE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENZYME; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SUCROSE; UREA; UREASE; ZINC;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BROCCOLI; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIELD STUDY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SEEDLING; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPRING; BACTERIUM; BRASSICA; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIA; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BRASSICA; METALS, HEAVY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEEDLING; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UREASE;

EID: 70350441901     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520902996971     Document Type: Article

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