Biogas plant-effluent as an organic fertilizer in monosex, monoculture of fish (Oreochromis mossambicus)

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Balasubramanian, P R ^a,b   Kasturi Bai, R ^b  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biogas plant effluent; Monoculture; Monosex; Oreochromis mossambicus; Population density

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FERTILIZERS; FISH PONDS;

BIOGAS-PLANT EFFLUENTS; MONOCULTURE; POPULATION DENSITY;

BIOGAS;

BIOGAS; FERTILIZER;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0342902474     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8524(95)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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