Application of organic amendments to restore degraded soil: effects on soil microbial properties

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Carlson, Jennifer ^a   Saxena, Jyotisna ^a   Basta, Nicholas ^a   Hundal, Lakhwinder ^b   Busalacchi, Dawn ^c   Dick, Richard P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago   (United States)

^c OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degraded soil; Microbial properties; Organic amendments; Soil enzyme activities

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; ECOSYSTEMS; FATTY ACIDS; PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POTABLE WATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

COMPLETELY RANDOMIZED DESIGNS; DEGRADED SOILS; DRINKING-WATER TREATMENT RESIDUALS; MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;

SOILS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ARYLSULFATASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; UREASE; BIOCHAR; CHARCOAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE;

BIOMARKER; BIOSOLID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPOST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MICROFLORA; TIME; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE;

AGRICULTURE; ARYLSULFATASES; BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FUNGI; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84922570402     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4293-0     Document Type: Article

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