Transformation of nitrogen during vermicomposting of fly ash

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 488-491

  Bhattacharya, Satya S ^a   Chattopadhyay, Gunindra N ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fly ash; N transformation; Vermicomposting; Wmr 702 6

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY ASH; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION;

MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; PLANT NUTRIENTS; VERMICOMPOSTING;

REFUSE COMPOSTING;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

COMPOSTING; FLY ASH; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EARTHWORM; FECES; FLY ASH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MANURE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; COMPOSTING; FLY ASH; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTION;

BOS TAURUS; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 11044231276     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X04048625     Document Type: Article

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