Use of dairy-industry sludge as fertiliser for grasslands in northwest Spain: Heavy metal levels in the soil and plants

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-109

  Lopez Mosquera M E ^a   Moiron C ^a   Carral, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy sludge; Grassland soils; Heavy metals; Meadow soils

Indexed keywords

GRASSLANDS; SLUDGE AMENDED SOILS;

CAUSTIC SODA; CHROMIUM; DAIRIES; FERTILIZERS; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECYCLING; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; ZINC;

WASTE UTILIZATION;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; SODIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; HEAVY METAL; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; RECYCLING; SLUDGE; SOIL TREATMENT; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 0343517075     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(00)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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