Nitrogen mass balance in fields irrigated with liquid swine waste

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-50

  Whalen, S C ^a   DeBerardinis, J T ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Division of Water Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia volatilization; Denitrification; Immobilization; N assimilation; N cycling; N leaching

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EFFLUENT; FERTILIZER; IRRIGATION; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PIG; TRANSFORMATION; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34247541992     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-006-9073-3     Document Type: Article

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