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Soil Organic Matter and Biological Activity pp 403–421Cite as

Organic Matter and Trace Metals in Soils

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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences ((DPSS,volume 16))

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In the soil the availability to plants of any nutrient element is conventionally described in terms of two parameters. These are the intensity factor, which is the concentration of the element in solution, and the capacity factor which is the ability of the solid phases in the soil to replenish the nutrient element as it is depleted from the solution. The fundamental relationship between intensity and capacity factors depends on the solubility relationships between soil minerals32. However, with respect to transition metal trace elements, soil organic matter, in its various forms, has important effects on both intensity and capacity factors.

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Linehan, D.J. (1985). Organic Matter and Trace Metals in Soils. In: Vaughan, D., Malcolm, R.E. (eds) Soil Organic Matter and Biological Activity. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5105-1_12

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