Wastewater nutrient removal by marine microalgae grown on a corrugated raceway

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1701-1707

  Craggs, Rupert J ^a,b   McAuley, Paul J ^a   Smith, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Marine; Microalgae; Orthophosphate; Raceway; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWER OUTFALL; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE; OSCILLATORIA SP.; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM;

ALGAE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; SEAWATER;

INFLUENTS; MICROALGAE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NUTRIENTS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0030616119     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00093-0     Document Type: Article

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