Martian base agriculture: The effect of low gravity on water flow, nutrient cycles, and microbial biomass dynamics

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1257-1265

  Maggi, Federico ^a   Pallud, Céline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Life support system; Martian agriculture; Microgravity and hypogravity; Soil biogeochemistry; Space agriculture

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZERS; FLOW OF WATER; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (SPACECRAFT); LIQUID SLOSHING; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DENITRIFICATION RATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATIONS; INITIAL SOIL MOISTURE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 77957143543     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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