Modeling the contribution of pig farming to pollution of the Thachin River

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-425

  Schaffner, Monika ^a,b   Bader, Hans Peter ^b   Scheidegger, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Material flow analysis; Nitrogen; Pig manure management; River water pollution control; Thachin River; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; MAMMALS; MANURES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CURRENT DISCHARGE; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; MAIN PARAMETERS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PIG MANURES; REUSE AND RECYCLING; RIVER WATER POLLUTIONS; THAILAND;

RIVER POLLUTION;

SUIDAE;

EID: 79952754136     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-009-0255-y     Document Type: Article

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