Soil enzyme activities and biodiversity measurements as integrative microbiological indicators

Methods for Assessing Soil Quality

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 247-271

  Dick, Richard P ^a   Breakwell, Donald P ^b   Turco, Ronald F ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Snow College   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Enzyme assay; Microbial community; Microbiological indicator; Sample handling; Sampling; Soil biological activity; Soil enzyme activity; Soil quality trajectory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85104322315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub49.c15     Document Type: Chapter

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