Leaching of nutrients from soil cores treated with a single large dose of digested sewage sludge

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 284-289

  Qiang, Zhang ^a   Speir, Tom W ^b   Van Schaik, Andrew P ^b  

^a Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extractable nutrients; Nutrient leaching; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; LEACHING; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 4644342616     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-004-0770-2     Document Type: Article

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