Effectiveness of biochar for sorption of ammonium and phosphate from dairy effluent

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1545-1554

  Sarkhot, D V ^a,b   Ghezzehei, T A ^a   Berhe, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EcoPro Aurosarjan complex   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER; DAIRY EFFLUENTS; DAIRY MANURES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; EXCESS NITROGEN; MIXED HARDWOODS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ROBUST SOLUTIONS;

EFFLUENTS; EXPERIMENTS; MANURES; SOILS;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; BIOCHAR; BLACK CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; MANURE; SOIL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; EFFLUENT; MANURE; PYROLYSIS; REACTION TIME; SOIL AMENDMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; SOIL;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; MANURE; PHOSPHATES; SOIL;

EID: 84885123825     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0482     Document Type: Article

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