Denitrification in anaerobic lagoons used to treat swine wastewater

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1821-1828

  Hunt, P G ^a   Matheny, T A ^a   Ro, K S ^a   Vanotti, M B ^a   Ducey, T F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC LAGOONS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CAROLINAS; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; COMMONLY USED; DENITRIFICATION ENZYME ACTIVITIES; GAS LOSS; INHIBITION METHODS; LARGE N; MEAN VALUES; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROUS OXIDE; PAPER DOCUMENTS; STEPWISE REGRESSION; SWINE LAGOONS; SWINE WASTEWATER; TOTAL NITROGEN; WASTEWATER SAMPLES;

ACETYLENE; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; NITROGEN OXIDES; ORGANIC CARBON; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

LAKES;

ACETYLENE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAGOON; MEASUREMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SWINE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77957873630     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0385     Document Type: Article

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