Staunton 1 Reclamation Demonstration Project. Soil Microbial Structure and Function: Final Report

摘要

At the Staunton 1 reclamation demonstration project in southwestern Illinois, comparisons were made of microbial decomposition rates, respiration, and microbial numbers in several coal refuse reclamation treatments. After 1.5 years, none of the reclamation treatment plots equalled the old-field control plot in decomposition rates or microbial resiration. Microbial numbers in the reclamation plots, however, approached those of the old field, although species diversity in the old field was much higher than that in the reclamation plots. (ERA citation 06:023052)