Microbial Activity and Organic Matter Dynamics During 4 Years of Irrigation with Treated Wastewater

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 973-981

  Elifantz, Hila ^a,b   Kautsky, Larisa ^a   Mor Yosef, Maya ^b   Tarchitzky, Jorge ^b   Bar Tal, Asher ^a   Chen, Yona ^b   Minz, Dror ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DIOSPYROS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLYSIS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISRAEL; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SEWAGE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; DIOSPYROS; FRESH WATER; HYDROLYSIS; ISRAEL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEASONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS KAKI;

EID: 80255137565     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9867-y     Document Type: Article

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