The role of ciliated protozoa in subsurface flow wetlands and their potential as bioindicators

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 91-98

  Decamp, O ^a   Warren, A ^a   Sanchez, R ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacterivory; Ciliates; Constructed wetlands; Escherichia coli; Horizontal subsurface flow system; Indicators of water quality; Protozoa; Removal kinetics; Root zone method

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PROTOZOA; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CILIATE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CILIATE TAXA; CILIATED PROTOZOA; REED BEDS; REMOVAL KINETICS; ROOT ZONE METHOD; SUBSURFACE FLOW WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

OXYGEN;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CILIATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CILIOPHORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOZOA; PHRAGMITES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032842873     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00444-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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