Önneby, Karin
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Microbial degradation of 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (diuron) and mineralization of 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) were studied in soil samples taken from the ballast layers of three Swedish railway embankments. The degradation of diuron followed first-order kinetics and half-lives ranged between 122 and 365 days. The half-lives correlated strongly with microbial biomass estimated by substrate-induced respiration (SIR; R=-0.85; p
Keywords
railway ballast; MCPA; diuron; mineralization; metabolic and cometabolic degradation
Published in
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2007, number: 39
Publisher: Elsevier
SLU Authors
Stenström, John
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Börjesson, Elisabet
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Cederlund, Harald
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.08.018
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/123963