Microbial biomass carbon and enzyme activities of urban soils in Beijing

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 958-967

  Wang, Meie ^a   Markert, Bernd ^d,e   Shen, Wenming ^b,c   Chen, Weiping ^a   Peng, Chi ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beijing urban soil; Invertase; Microbial biomass carbon; Microbial community health; Urease

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KRIGING; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN SITE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 79960089978     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0445-0     Document Type: Article

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