Methane emissions from a swine manure tank in western Canada

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-169

  Flesch, Thomas K ^a   Vergé, Xavier P C ^b   Desjardins, Raymond L ^b   Worth, Devon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emission rates; Greenhouse gases; Manure storage; Methane

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873958321     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: 19181825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS2012-072     Document Type: Article

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