Soil property and microbial activity in natural salt affected soils in an alternating wet-dry tropical climate

Geoderma

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2012, Pages 144-152

  Iwai, Chuleemas Boonthai ^a   Oo, Aung Naing ^a,b   Topark ngarm, Bubpha ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Yezin Agricultural University   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Metabolic quotient; Microbial biomass; Salinity; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; DRY SEASONS; METABOLIC QUOTIENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS C; NEGATIVE EXPONENTIAL; NORTHEAST THAILAND; SALINITY; SALT-AFFECTED SOIL; SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL SURFACES; TROPICAL CLIMATES; WET SEASON;

BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METABOLISM; POSITIVE IONS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL CONDITIONERS;

SOILS;

DRY SEASON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SOIL; SALINE SOIL; SALT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL SURFACE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WET SEASON;

THAILAND;

EID: 84864344997     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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