Chromium and nickel toxicity during the biotreatment of high ammonia landfill leachate

Water Environment Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-24

  Harper, Susan C ^a   Manoharan, Ramanathan ^b   Mavinic, Donald S ^a   Randall, Clifford W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ammonia; biological treatment; chromium; denitrification; landfill; leachate; nickel; nitrification; tox icity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DENITRIFICATION; LANDFILL; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; PHOSPHATE DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030034933     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096X127172     Document Type: Article

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