Soil microbiological attributes indicate recovery of an iron mining area and of the biological quality of adjacent phytophysiognomies

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 93, Issue , 2018, Pages 142-151

  Oliveira Silva, Aline ^a   da Costa, Amanda Monique ^a   dos Santos Teixeira, Anita Fernanda ^a   Azarias Guimarães, Amanda ^a   Valentim dos Santos, Jessé ^a   de Souza Moreira, Fatima Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Bioindicators; Canga; Climate season; Ironstone outcrops; Neotropical savanna; Rehabilitated area

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOMARKERS; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; IRON; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATASES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; CANGA; CLIMATE SEASON; IRONSTONE OUTCROPS; NEOTROPICAL SAVANNA; REHABILITATED AREA;

SOIL TESTING;

BIOINDICATOR; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS; IRON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SAVANNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

EID: 85046621717     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.073     Document Type: Article

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