Nutrient, carbon, and mass loss during composting of beef cattle feedlot manure

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 189-193

  Eghball, Bahman ^a   Power, James F ^b   Gilley, John E ^b   Doran, John W ^b  

^a Dep of Agronomy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; COMPOSTING; LEACHING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

BEEF CATTLE FEEDLOT MANURE; MASS LOSS; NUTRIENTS;

MANURES;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CARBON; ION; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; RUNOFF; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; NUTRIENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031015746     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600010027x     Document Type: Article

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