Nematode succession during composting and the potential of the nematode community as an indicator of compost maturity

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-190

  Steel, Hanne ^a   de la Peña, Eduardo ^a   Fonderie, Pamela ^a   Willekens, Koen ^b   Borgonie, Gaetan ^a   Bert, Wim ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterivorous nematodes; F b ratio; Fungivorous nematodes; Maturity index; Nematode community structure; Soil amendment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIVORY; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPOSTING; MATURATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEMATODE; SOIL AMENDMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANGUINIDAE; APHELENCHOIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOBIDAE; DITYLENCHUS; MONONCHOIDES; NEMATODA; PANAGROLAIMIDAE; RHABDITIDAE;

EID: 77649340081     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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