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| Web URL(s): | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/pdfs/6/4/JEQ0060040459
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Tester, C. F.;
Sikora, L. J.;
Taylor, J. M.;
Parr, J. F. |
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| Title: | Decomposition of sewage sludge compost in soil: I. Carbon and nitrogen transformation |
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| Source: | Journal of Environmental Quality. Vol. 6, No. 4, October-December 1977, p. 459-463. |
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| Publishing Information: | Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soils; Sewage sludge; Carbon; Nitrogen
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| Abstract/Contents: | Laboratory incubation studies were conducted to determine the rate and extent of decomposition of sewage sludge compost in soil. Freeze-dried compost made from undigested sewage sludge was mixed with three soils (a loamy sand, a silt loam, and a silty clay) and a sand at rates of 0, 2, 4, and 6% of the dry weight. The mixtures were incubated at 22C in a constant atmosphere of CO2- and NH3- free air. Rates of mineralization and decomposition were determined by monitoring CO2 and NH3 evolution and changes in the organic and inorganic fractions of C and N with time. Cumulative CO2 evolution was linearly related to the rate of sludge compost applied. Approximately 16% of the compost C evolved in 54 days of incubation. Nitrogen mineralization was lowest in the silt loam-compost treatment. In the sand-compost mixture, mineral N was immobilized during incubation. Ammonia volatilization from all of the treatments was minimal. Approximately 6% of the compost N in the loamy sand-compost treatment had mineralized after 54 days incubation. Interlattice fixation of NH4+ may have occurred in the silt loam and silty clay soils. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 26 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Tester, C. F., L. J. Sikora, J. M. Taylor, and J. F. Parr. 1977. Decomposition of sewage sludge compost in soil: I. Carbon and nitrogen transformation. J. Environ. Qual. 6(4):p. 459-463. |
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