Leachability of arsenic from field containers filled with plant growth medium amended with biosolids compost

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 35-39

  Sawhney, B L ^a   Bugbee, G J ^a   Stilwell, D E ^a  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COREOPSIS; COREOPSIS GRANDIFLORA;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMASS; LEACHING; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER;

BIOSOLIDS COMPOST; COREOPSIS GRANDIFLORA; GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY; LEACHABILITY; PLANT GROWTH MEDIUM;

ARSENIC;

EID: 0030233611     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.1996.10701850     Document Type: Article

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