Soil Microbiology and BiochemistrySoil microbiology and biochemistry in perspective; Soil as a habitat for organisms and their reactions; Methods for studying soil organisms;Components of the soil biota; Occurrence and distribution of soil organisms; Carbon cycling and soil organic matter; Dynamics of residue decomposition and soil organic matter turnover; Transformation of nitrogen between the organic and inorganic phase and to nitrate; Reduction and transport of nitrate; Return of nitrogen to soil: Biological nitrogen fixation; Mycorrhizal relationships; Phosphorus transformations in soil; Sulfur transformation in soil; Microbial transformation of metals. |
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Contents
Literature of Soil Biology | 6 |
Methods for Studying Soil Organisms | 32 |
Components of the Soil Biota | 49 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry |
| Authors | Eldor Alvin Paul, Paul, Francis Eugene Clark |
| Editors | Eldor Alvin Paul, Francis Eugene Clark |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Academic Press, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0125468059, 9780125468053 |
| Length | 273 pages |
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