Chemical properties of anaerobic digestates affecting C and N dynamics in amended soils

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 160, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-22

  Alburquerque, José Antonio ^a   de la Fuente, Carlos ^a   Bernal, María Pilar ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Animal slurries; Biodegradability; Nitrogen immobilisation; Organic matter mineralisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; DIGESTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FERTILIZER; IMMOBILIZATION; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RECYCLING; SLURRY; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; GLYCERINE; SUIDAE;

EID: 84865705966     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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