Irrigation agriculture affects organic matter decomposition in semi-arid terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 263, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-145

  Arroita, Maite ^a   Causapé, Jesús ^b   Comín, Francisco A ^c   Díez, Joserra ^a   Jimenez, Juan José ^c   Lacarta, Juan ^c   Lorente, Carmen ^c   Merchán, Daniel ^b   Muñiz, Selene ^c   Navarro, Enrique ^c   Val, Jonatan ^c   Elosegi, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Ecosystem functioning; Irrigation agriculture; Soil; Stream

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY; BREAKDOWN; COARSE ORGANIC MATTERS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; ORGANIC MATTER DECOMPOSITION; STREAM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FORESTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

IRRIGATION;

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBON BUDGET; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALDER; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL WASTE; CLAY; DECOMPOSITION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND BIOME; OAK; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS; SAND; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT; WOOD; WOODEN STICK;

ALNUS;

BREAKDOWN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE; SOIL; STREAM;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ALNUS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; QUERCUS; SOIL; WOOD;

EID: 84888197580     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.06.049     Document Type: Article

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