TY - JOUR AU1 - Lucas, Encarnación AU2 - Izquierdo, Carlos AU3 - Fernández, Mª AB - J Soils Sediments (2018) 18:1376–1388 DOI 10.1007/s11368-016-1537-8 NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER: CHEMISTRY, FUNCTION AND FATE IN THE ENVIRONMENT Changes in humic fraction characteristics and humus-enzyme complexes formation in semiarid degraded soils restored with fresh and composted urban wastes. A 5-year field experiment 1 2 Encarnación García Lucas & Carlos García Izquierdo & Mª Teresa Hernández Fernández Received: 7 March 2016 /Accepted: 23 August 2016 /Published online: 3 September 2016 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016 Abstract to a lower oxygen content and lower O/C ratio values. Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate in the medium Furthermore, the FTIR spectra of the HA from the amended term (5 years) the effect of two organic amendments, which soils showed a higher absorption intensity in bands corre- were spiked to a degraded soil as a strategy for bioremedia- sponding to aliphatic and amide-carboxylic groups and poly- tion, on the amount and characteristics of soil humic acids saccharide structures and a lower absorption intensity in bands (HAs) and their ability to associate with certain extracellular corresponding to carbonyls and carboxylic groups than the enzymes. HA from the control. These results were confirmed by C- Materials and methods Soil samples were collected in an TI - Changes in humic fraction characteristics and humus-enzyme complexes formation in semiarid degraded soils restored with fresh and composted urban wastes. A 5-year field experiment JF - Journal of Soils and Sediments DO - 10.1007/s11368-016-1537-8 DA - 2016-09-03 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/changes-in-humic-fraction-characteristics-and-humus-enzyme-complexes-gPojPSmrAV SP - 1376 EP - 1388 VL - 18 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -