Comparison of Soil Biological Activity in Forest with Coniferous and Broadleaf Trees in Biston Region of Kermanshah [PDF]
مجله آب و خاک, 2022 IntroductionThe maintenance of planted forests in arid and semi-arid lands is important. Soil formation in forest ecosystems is different with different tree species. Tree species have a direct and indirect effect on soil organisms.
Sahar Mehrnoosh +4 more
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Impact of land use on soils microbial activity
Journal of Water and Land Development, 2017 The article considered the influence the various types of land use on microbial activity of soils and thus using this parameter as a universal test of soil quality. Samples for soil respiration studies were taken from agricultural areas, meadows, forests
Urbański Krzysztof, Jakubiak Mateusz
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Using PCR-DGGE and Soil Respiration to Characterize Bacterial Changes in Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils [PDF]
Biological Journal of Microorganism, 2019 Introduction:Soil contamination to heavy metals such as lead and zinc in and around mines causes a change in structure, complexity, diversity and activity of soil microbial communities like bacteria.
Mohammad Hossein Hemmat-Jou +3 more
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Geological CO2 affects microbial respiration rates in Stavešinci mofette soils
Acta Biologica Slovenica, 2009 Substrate-induced respiration (SIR) was used to estimate microbial respiration and microbial biomass in soils from Stavešinci natural CO2 spring (mofette) exposed to different geological CO2 concentrations.
Irena Maček +4 more
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Soil biological activity under different land-uses in Leyte Philippines
Annals of Tropical Research, 2006 On seven sites in Western Leyte, Philippines, different land uses, namely reforestation with indigenous tree species (‘rainforestation’), reforestation with exotic tree specie Gmelina arborea, and traditional fallow/grassland use were compared with ...
Carsten Marohn +2 more
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Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Synthetic and Natural Fungicides on Soil Respiration
Sensors, 2012 As toxic pesticide residues may persist in agricultural soils and cause environmental pollution, research on natural fungicides to replace the synthetic compounds is currently increasing. The effect of the synthetic fungicide chlorothalonil and a natural
Joanna D’Arc Felício +2 more
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Ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) preserves mitochondrial bioenergetics
Scientific Reports, 2023 The ketogenic diet is an emerging therapeutic approach for refractory epilepsy, as well as certain rare and neurodegenerative disorders. The main ketone body, β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), is the primary energy substrate endogenously produced in a ketogenic ...
I. Llorente-Folch +4 more
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Representation of dormant and active microbial dynamics for ecosystem modeling. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Dormancy is an essential strategy for microorganisms to cope with environmental stress. However, global ecosystem models typically ignore microbial dormancy, resulting in notable model uncertainties.
Gangsheng Wang +3 more
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Effects of Using Agricultural Drainage Water on Chemical, Biological, and Physical Properties of Soil and Yield of Tomato in Moghan Plain, Iran [PDF]
علوم و مهندسی آبیاری, 2023 This study assesses the use of drainage water in agriculture by mixing irrigation water and agricultural drainage water to examine the effects of the mixture on soil properties and the yield of tomatoes in Moghan Plain, Iran.
Farshad Abdiaghdam Laromi +4 more
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Mitochondrial Respiration in Insulin-Producing β-Cells: General Characteristics and Adaptive Effects of Hypoxia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 To provide novel insights on mitochondrial respiration in β-cells and the adaptive effects of hypoxia.Insulin-producing INS-1 832/13 cells were exposed to 18 hours of hypoxia followed by 20-22 hours re-oxygenation.
Ingrid K Hals +5 more
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