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The advantages of a generalised logistic sose response model as compared to a linear model were demonstrated while following the inhibitory effect of Ni on soil respiration rates in a sandy loam. The biological meaning of the parameters to describe the logistic model was indicated. An Ecological Dose Range to describe the increased rate of inhibition upon increasing concentrations of a pollutant was proposed. Remarks were made about the way this model must be used together with applications in other fields of soil biological research.
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Haanstra, L., Doelman, P. & Voshaar, J.H.O. The use of sigmoidal dose response curves in soil ecotoxicological research. Plant Soil 84, 293–297 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02143194
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