Ammonia emissions during vermicomposting of sheep manure

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 10959-10964

  Velasco Velasco, Joel ^a   Parkinson, Robert ^b   Kuri, Victor ^b  

^a Congregación Manuel León 94946 ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia volatilization; Composting; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC PHASE; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; C:N RATIO; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; FIELD CONDITIONS; IN-PHASE; N CONTENT; NITROGEN LOSS; NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY; PHASE II; SHEEP MANURE; TOTAL CARBON; VERMI-COMPOSTING;

COMPOSTING; MANURES; WOOL;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; COMPOST; EMISSION; MANURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STRAW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VERMICOMPOST; VOLATILIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SHEEP; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 82455188085     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.09.047     Document Type: Article

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