Contamination by mercury affects methane oxidation capacity of aerobic arable soils

Geoderma

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2012, Pages 250-256

  Contin, Marco ^a   Rizzardini, Claudia Bruna ^a   Catalano, Laura ^b   De Nobili, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente del Friuli Venezia Giulia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mercury; Methane oxidation; Microbial biomass; Rate constants; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

ARABLE SOILS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; METHANE OXIDATION; METHANE OXIDATION RATES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; OXIDATION RATES; OXIDIZING CAPACITY; SHORT TERM; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SPECIFIC OXIDATION;

AGRICULTURE; CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); METHANE; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

SOILS;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMASS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHANE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; REACTION RATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 84865058868     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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