Bioremediation of aerobically treated distillery sludge mixed with cow dung by using an epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 76-84

  Suthar, Surendra ^a  

^a SGN Khalsa PG College   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Cocoon; Cow dung; Distillery sludge; Earthworm mortality; Eisenia fetida; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CATTLE; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; FECES; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERALIZATION; MORTALITY; SLUDGE; STABILIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 43349106836     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9031-x     Document Type: Article

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