Biomanagement of sago-sludge using an earthworm, Lampito mauritii

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 753-757

  Banu, Rajesh J ^a   Yeom, Ick Tae ^a   Esakkiraj, ^b   Kumar, Naresh ^a   Lee, Young Woo ^c   Vallinayagam, S ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lampito mauritii; Sago sludge; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION SIZE; SLUDGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; FERTILITY; LAMPITO MAURITII; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION SIZE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; VERMICOMPOST;

LAMPITO MAURITII;

EID: 54549111243     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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