Main description:
This revised and updated text guides students through biochemical and microbial processes in soils and introduces them to microbial processes in water and sediments. This classic teaching text includes basic concepts and applications in agriculture, forestry, ecology, and environmental science. It can also be an invaluable resource for research in biogeochemistry, microbiology, sustainable agriculture, and environmental amelioration. The Second Edition has expanded to include such topics as bioremediation, molecular biology of soil, biodiversity of soil organisms, and the impact of global climate change on soil microhabitats.
Key - Includes many interpretive diagrams
- Provides compact and concise coverage of soil microbiology
- Thoroughly updated and expanded to include bioremdiation, soil molecular biology, biodiversity, and global climate change
Review quote:
"A highly readable account of the significance and role of micro-organisms in biological and biochemical processes in soil, emphasizing the interdisciplinary quality of soil microbiological research. I think that this is a useful and informative book, suitable both for institutional and person purchases..."
--Gianfranco Novarino, Natural History Museum, SGM QUARTERLY
"A work which encompasses the complexity of soil biology and developing techniques in a comprehensive, valuable and readable form."
--EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE
Table of contents:
Soil 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.
Ammonification and Nitrification.
The Fate of Nitrates.
Closing the Nitrogen Cycle: Return of Nitrogen to the Soil.
Mycorrhizal Relationships.
The Commercialization of Organisms.
Phosphorus Transformations.
Sulfur Transformations in Soil.
Microbial Transformations of Metal.
Chapter References and Suggested Reading.
Subject Index.
This revised and updated text guides students through biochemical and microbial processes in soils and introduces them to microbial processes in water and sediments. This classic teaching text includes basic concepts and applications in agriculture, forestry, ecology, and environmental science. It can also be an invaluable resource for research in biogeochemistry, microbiology, sustainable agriculture, and environmental amelioration. The Second Edition has expanded to include such topics as bioremediation, molecular biology of soil, biodiversity of soil organisms, and the impact of global climate change on soil microhabitats.
Key - Includes many interpretive diagrams
- Provides compact and concise coverage of soil microbiology
- Thoroughly updated and expanded to include bioremdiation, soil molecular biology, biodiversity, and global climate change
Review quote:
"A highly readable account of the significance and role of micro-organisms in biological and biochemical processes in soil, emphasizing the interdisciplinary quality of soil microbiological research. I think that this is a useful and informative book, suitable both for institutional and person purchases..."
--Gianfranco Novarino, Natural History Museum, SGM QUARTERLY
"A work which encompasses the complexity of soil biology and developing techniques in a comprehensive, valuable and readable form."
--EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE
Table of contents:
Soil 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.
Ammonification and Nitrification.
The Fate of Nitrates.
Closing the Nitrogen Cycle: Return of Nitrogen to the Soil.
Mycorrhizal Relationships.
The Commercialization of Organisms.
Phosphorus Transformations.
Sulfur Transformations in Soil.
Microbial Transformations of Metal.
Chapter References and Suggested Reading.
Subject Index.