Microbial contamination of subsurface tile drainage water from field applications of liquid manure

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-160

  Joy, D M ^a   Lee, H ^a,b   Reaume, C M ^a,b   Whiteley, H R ^a   Zelin, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Solmax Geosynthetics   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MANURES; MASS TRANSFER; RAIN; SOIL CONDITIONERS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

BIOTRACERS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032108535     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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