Net greenhouse gas emissions from manure management using anaerobic digestion technology in a beef cattle feedlot in Brazil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 1018-1025

  Costa Junior, Ciniro ^a   Cerri, Carlos E P ^a   Pires, Alexandre V ^a   Cerri, Carlos C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digester; Animal manure; Methane; Mitigation potential; Nitrous oxide; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANIMAL MANURE; MITIGATION POTENTIAL; NITROUS OXIDE; POLICY EVALUATION;

METHANE;

BIOGAS; METHANE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; NITROUS OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; MANURE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON EMISSION; CATTLE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANURE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEIFER; MANURE; NONHUMAN; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WEIGHT GAIN; AIR POLLUTANT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROCEDURES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MANURE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 84909607932     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.069     Document Type: Article

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