Microbial and nutrient stabilization of two animal manures after the transit through the gut of the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 161, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1234-1238

  Aira, Manuel ^a   Domínguez, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basal respiration; C and N pools; Earthworm casts; Earthworm feeding; Enzymatic activity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ENZYMES; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; LAKES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STABILIZATION;

BASAL RESPIRATION; C AND N POOLS; EARTHWORM CASTS; EARTHWORM FEEDING; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY;

MANURES;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; CARBON; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDING; FUNGUS; MANURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; MANURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; SWINE; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; DIGESTION; INTESTINES; MANURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; EISENIA FETIDA; SUIDAE;

EID: 56249132634     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.04.073     Document Type: Article

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