Laboratory study on degradation of fatty acids and sterols from urban wastes in seawater

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1127-1136

  Marty, Yanic ^a   Quéméneur, Michelle ^a   Aminot, Alain ^b   Le Corre, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Degradation; Fatty acids; Sterols; Tracers; Wastewaters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; FATTY ACIDS; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEAWATER; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER;

STANOLS; STEROLS; TRACERS; URBAN WASTES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FATTY ACID; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SEA WATER; STEROL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

DEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC MATTER; SEWAGE; STEROLS; TRACERS;

EID: 0030131745     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00288-X     Document Type: Article

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