Microbial biomass in reclaimed soils following coal mining in Virginia

26th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 11th Billings Land Reclamation Symposium 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 225-234

  Clayton, H G ^a   Wick, A F ^a   Daniels, W L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian hardwoods; Chronosequence; Soil quality; Succession

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SITES; APPALACHIAN HARDWOODS; CHRONOSEQUENCES; COAL MINING; DECIDUOUS TREES; GENERAL TRENDS; LOW LEVEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; MICROBIAL C; MICROBIAL CELLS; MINE SOILS; PERENNIAL GRASS; RECLAIMED MINE SOILS; RECLAIMED SOIL; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL QUALITY; SUCCESSION; SURFACE MINING CONTROL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION SPECIES; VIRGINIA;

BIOMASS; COAL MINES; HARDWOODS; LAND RECLAMATION; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

RECLAMATION;

EID: 84865440106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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