The influence of earthworms on nutrient dynamics during the process of vermicomposting

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 859-868

  Domínguez, Jorge ^a   Gómez Brandón, María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

cattle manure; Eisenia andrei; microbial activity; nitrification; nutrient availability; sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

CATTLE MANURES; EARTHWORM ACTIVITIES; EISENIA ANDREI; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAPID DECOMPOSITION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FORESTRY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

MANURES;

CALCIUM; CARBON; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CATTLE; COMPOST; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; INORGANIC NITROGEN; METAL; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; RESPIRATION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EISENIA ANDREI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; VERMICOMPOST;

EID: 84880791911     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X13497079     Document Type: Article

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