Carbon and trace element fluxes in the pore water of an urban soil following greenwaste compost, woody and biochar amendments, inoculated with the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 188-196

  Beesley, Luke ^a   Dickinson, Nicholas ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biochar; Dissolved organic carbon; Earthworms; Heavy metals; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOCHAR; CARBON STORAGE; COMPOSTED MATERIALS; DISSOLVED NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EARTHWORMS; FIELD PROFILE; GREEN-WASTE; GREENWASTE COMPOSTS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MESOCOSMS; MOBILISATION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PORE WATERS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL PORE WATERS; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL QUALITY; TRACE ELEMENT FLUXES; TRACE ELEMENT MOBILITY; TRACE METAL; URBAN SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; COMPOSTING; DISSOLUTION; LEAD; METALS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; STREAM FLOW; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER;

SOILS;

COMPOST; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EARTHWORM; FLUX MEASUREMENT; INOCULATION; MESOCOSM; MOBILITY; POREWATER; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 78449255002     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.09.035     Document Type: Article

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