Soil aggregation in a semiarid soil amended with composted and non-composted sewage sludge-A field experiment

Geoderma

Volumn 219-220, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-31

  Nicolás, César ^a,b   Kennedy, Jennifer N ^c   Hernández, Teresa ^a   García, Carlos ^a   Six, Johan ^c,d  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Microbial biomass; Phospholipid fatty acids; Semiarid degraded soils; Sewage sludge; Soil aggregation; Soil C protection

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE-SIZE FRACTIONS; COARSE PARTICULATES; COMPOSTED SEWAGE SLUDGES; DEGRADED SOILS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIALLY DERIVED COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; SOIL AGGREGATION;

AGGREGATES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

SOILS;

COMPOSTING; FATTY ACID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SEMIARID REGION; SEPARATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 84892472762     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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