Soil biochemical activities and the geometric mean of enzyme activities after application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar to soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 511-517

  Paz Ferreiro, J ^a   Gasco G ^a   Gutierrez B ^a   Mendez A ^b  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b Dpto de Automatic Ingenieria Electronica e Informatics Industrial DISAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biochar; Forest soils; Sewage sludge; Soil biochemical properties; Soil enzymes; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MINERALIZATION; SEWAGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EID: 84862648990     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-011-0644-3     Document Type: Article

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