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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2012

Effects of flue gas desulfurization gypsum by-products on microbial biomass and community structure in alkaline-saline soils

Li, Ming; Jiang, Lili; Sun, Zhaojun; Wang, Jinzhi; Rui, Yichao; Zhong, Lei; Wang, Yanfen; Kardol, Paul

Abstract

Our results demonstrate that addition of FGDB leads to significant changes in soil physicochemical and microbial parameters. As such, addition of FGDB can have large impacts on the functioning of soil ecosystems, such as carbon and nitrogen cycling processes.

Keywords

Ecological restoration; FGDB; Microbial community composition; Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA); Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (real-time qPCR)

Published in

Journal of Soils and Sediments
2012, Volume: 12, number: 7, pages: 1040-1053
Publisher: SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

    SLU Authors

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Forest Science

    Publication Identifiers

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-012-0531-z

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/40858