Soil Biota in the Arava Valley of Negev Desert, Israel

Pedosphere

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-284

  PEN MOURATOV, S ^a   MYBLAT, T ^a   SHAMIR, I ^a   BARNESS, G ^a   STEINBERGER, Y ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; microbial biomass; nematode community; respiration; trophic groups

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DESERT; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESPIRATION; SEA LEVEL; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARAVA VALLEY; DEAD SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; NEGEV; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

NEMATODA; WILSONEMA;

EID: 77953160705     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(10)60015-X     Document Type: Article

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