Dynamic transformation of sewage sludge and farmyard manure components. 1. Content of humic substances and mineralisation of organic carbon and nitrogen in incubated soils

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 121-126

  Iakimenko, Olga ^a   Otabbong, Erasmus ^b   Sadovnikova, Ludmila ^a   Persson, Jan ^b   Nilsson, Ingvar ^b   Orlov, Dmitrij ^a   Ammosova, Yanna ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralisation; Fulvic acid; Humic acid; Nitrogen mineralisation

Indexed keywords

SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOILS;

EID: 0030450675     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(95)01006-8     Document Type: Article

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