Carbon and nitrogen mineralization of sewage sludge compost in soils with a different initial pH

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 715-724

  Huang, Cheng Chieh ^a   Chen, Zueng Sang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Nitrogen mineralization; Sewage sludge compost; Soil initial pH

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349509942     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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