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Status of soil microbial biomass in reclaimed mine degraded land and non-mining areas - A review [1]

Soil microbial biomass is the living and active part of soil organic matter, which is re-established after disturbance of the land. Study of recovery time of microbial biomass is important for the development of self-sustaining ecosystem in mine degraded land. Increase in soil microbial biomass and organic carbon contents increases the functional diversity and stability of ecosystem.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Sangeeta Mukhopadhyay [2], S. K. Maiti [3]
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection [4]
31
8
642-657
Tags:
Mining [5], Mining Reclamation [6], Soil Capability [7], Biomass [8], Micro Organisms [9], India [10]
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