Effect of heating treatments on nitrogen mineralization from sewage sludge

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-527

  Matsuoka, Kaori ^a,d   Moritsuka, Naoki ^a,e   Masunaga, Tsugiyuki ^a   Matsui, Kensuke ^b   Wakatsuki, Toshiyuki ^c  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University of Wales Bangor ^*  (Japan)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heating treatment; Mineralization; Nitrogen; Sequential extraction; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746392452     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2006.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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