Recycling of manure nutrients: Use of algal biomass from dairy manure treatment as a slow release fertilizer

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-458

  Mulbry, Walter ^a   Westhead, Elizabeth Kebede ^a   Pizarro, Carolina ^a   Sikora, Lawrence ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Anaerobic digestion; Corn; Cucumber; Dairy manure; Nitrogen; Organic fertilizer; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; RECYCLING; SOILS;

ALGAL AMENDMENT; DAIRY MANURE; LAND SPREADING;

MANURES;

FERTILIZER;

ALGA; FERTILIZER; MANURE; RECYCLING;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; CROP; CUCUMBER; DAIRYING; EVALUATION; MANURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SEEDLING; SOIL;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DAIRYING; FERTILIZERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; MANURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; RECYCLING; SOIL;

ALGAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 7544222389     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.05.026     Document Type: Article

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