Soil microbial community as affected by heavy metal pollution in a mediterranean area of southern Italy

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 10 B, 2010, Pages 2411-2419

  Marzaioli, Rossana ^a   D'Ascoli, Rosaria ^a   De Pascale, Raffaele A ^a   Rutigliano, Flora A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization rate; Fungal mycelium; Metabolic quotient; Microbial biomass; Potentially mineralizable nitrogen; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMINERALIZATION; CEMENT; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; HEAVY METAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; VINEYARD;

ITALY;

CITRUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 78650388376     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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