Soil pH governs production rate of calcium carbonate secreted by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Lambkin, D C ^a   Gwilliam, K H ^a   Layton, C ^a   Canti, M G ^b   Piearce, T G ^c   Hodson, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PRODUCTION RATES; SOIL PH;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS;

SOILS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIAMETER; EARTHWORM; GRANULAR MEDIUM; PH; SECRETION; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 79955956918     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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