Does microbial centimeter-scale heterogeneity impact MCPA degradation in and leaching from a loamy agricultural soil?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-98

  Rosenbom, Annette E ^a   Binning, Philip J ^b   Aamand, Jens ^a   Dechesne, Arnaud ^b   Smets, Barth F ^b   Johnsen, Anders R ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

COMSOL simulations; MCPA leaching; Monod kinetics; Preferential transport; Spatial biodegradation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MICROBIOLOGY; PESTICIDES; SOILS;

COMSOL SIMULATIONS; DEGRADATION POTENTIAL; MONOD-KINETICS; PESTICIDE DEGRADATION; PREFERENTIAL TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

LEACHING;

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LEACHING; MATRIX; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PESTICIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; LEACHING; LOAM SOIL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY;

COMSOL SIMULATIONS; MCPA LEACHING; MONOD-KINETICS; PREFERENTIAL TRANSPORT; SPATIAL BIODEGRADATION;

2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HERBICIDES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84888416926     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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