Effects of Cd or/and Pb on soil enzyme activities and microbial community structure

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1889-1894

  Pan, Jing ^a   Yu, Long ^a  

^a SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Dehydrogenase; Heavy metals; Microbial community structure; Urease

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BANDING PATTERNS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BROWN SOIL; DEHYDROGENASE; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; IN-CONTROL; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL TREATMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PCR-DGGE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROBIAL POPULATION; UREASE;

LEAD; METALS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOSPHATASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOILS;

CADMIUM;

BROWN SOIL; CADMIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LEAD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOSPHATASE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 80052091150     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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