Resilience of microorganisms and aggregation of a sandy calcareous soil to amendment with organic and synthetic fertilizer

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-157

  Thorsen, M K ^a,b   Hopkins, D W ^b   Woodward, S ^a   McKenzie, B M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Machair; NPK; PLFA; Ploughing; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CALCAREOUS SOIL; COAST; DUNE FIELD; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FATTY ACID; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLOWING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SANDY SOIL; SEAWEED; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER RETENTION; WIND VELOCITY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954112730     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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