Nitrification - fundamentals of the metabolism and problems at the use of ammonia oxidizers;Nitrifikation - grundlagen des stoffwechsels und probleme bei der nutzung von ammoniakoxidanten

Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 121-135

  Schmidt, I ^a   Gries, T ^b   Willuweit, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Soll Gesell Okologische Verf G ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Elimination of N compounds; Growth limiting factors; Inshore waters; Nitrification; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EFFLUENT DISPOSAL; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER;

EID: 0032824997     PISSN: 03234320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-401X(199905)27:3<121::AID-AHEH121>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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