Fate of nitrogen during composting of chicken litter

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 535-541

  Tiquia, S M ^a   Tam, N F Y ^b  

^a Agric Biol Eng Ohio Agric R   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Composting; Denitrification; Nitrification; Nitrogen; Organic matter loss

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PH; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033868763     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00319-X     Document Type: Article

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