ATP as a parameter for characterizing coal strip mine spoils. [Use of ATP measurements as indicator of microbial activity in reclaimed spoil banks over a period of time]
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) was extracted from soil samples collected from six study plots at Colstrip, Montana. Correlations were performed to relate ATP concentrations to core sample depth and to compare native range soils to spoils. ATP concentrations varied with sample depth, having concentrations greatest in the surface depths and lowest in the deepest depths. Native range soils contained higher concentrations of ATP than did the spoils. Native range soils were significantly different from spoils not only in the amount of ATP they contained, but also by the distribution pattern of ATP found in the sample core. Therefore, by comparing ATP measurements, it was possible to differentiate the two soil systems.
- Research Organization:
- Montana State Univ., Bozeman
- OSTI ID:
- 6631187
- Journal Information:
- Soil Sci.; (United States), Vol. 126:6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
ATP
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
MICROORGANISMS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
MEASURING METHODS
SOILS
SPOIL BANKS
COAL MINING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
LAND RECLAMATION
QUANTITY RATIO
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TIME DEPENDENCE
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
MINING
NUCLEOTIDES
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010800 - Coal
Lignite
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400102 - Chemical & Spectral Procedures