Estimating mineralisation of organic nitrogen from biosolids and other organic wastes applied to soils in subtropical Australia

Soil Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-104

  Pu, Guixin ^a   Bell, Mike ^b   Barry, Glenn ^a   Want, Peter ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

biosolids; leaching; mineralisation; nitrogen loss; runoff.

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BIOSOLIDS; AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC BIOSOLIDS; APPLICATION RATES; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FIELD STUDIES; HIGH RATE; LAND APPLICATIONS; MINERALISATION; NITROGEN LOSS; OBSERVATION PERIOD; ORGANIC AMENDMENTS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANIC WASTES; PLANT UPTAKE; QUEENSLAND; SOIL MINERALS; SOIL PROFILES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; COMPOSTING; FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; MANURES; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SOILS; TROPICS;

BIOSOLIDS;

BIOSOLID; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; REACTION RATE; RUNOFF; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL PROFILE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WASTE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84859319256     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR11272     Document Type: Article

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