Ammonia emissions from field-simulated cattle defecation and urination

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2022-2027

  Mulvaney, Michael J ^a   Cummins, Keith A ^a   Wood, C Wesley ^a   Wood, Brenda H ^a   Tyler, Patty J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERICS; BODY FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; ALABAMA; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIA NITROGENS; ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIAS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FRESH FECES; SUMMER MONTHS;

DAIRIES;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; MANURE; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URINE; VOLATILIZATION; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MANURE; TIME FACTORS; URINE;

BOS;

EID: 57049098538     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0016     Document Type: Article

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