Laboratory simulation of biodegradation of chemicals in surface waters: Closed bottle and respirometric test

Chemosphere

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1339-1346

  Žgajnar Gotvajn, Andreja ^a   Zagorc Končan, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BIODEGRADATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; WATER POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FORMALDEHYDE; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0033103422     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00535-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

1. H. Painter, Detailed review paper on biodegradability testing. OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemical, Chap. A, Chap. B.1., OECD, Paris (1995).
2. N. Nyholm, The european system of standardized legal tests for assessing the biodegradability of chemicals, Environm. Tox. Chem., 10, 1237-1246 (1991).
3. International Organization for Standardization, International Standard ISO 11733: Water Quality-evaluation of the Elimination and Biodegradability of Organic Compounds in an Aqueous Medium-activated Sludge Simulation Test, Geneva (1994).
4. W.E. Gledhill, M.L. Trehy and D.B. Carson, Comparative biodegradability of anionic surfactants in synthetic and natural test systems, Chemosphere. 22, 873-880 (1991).
5. International Organization for Standardization, International Standard ISO 8192: Water Quality-test for Inhibition of Oxygen Consumption by Activated Sludge, Geneva (1986).
6. International Organization for Standardization, International Standard ISO 10707: Water Quality-evaluation in an Aqueous Medium of Ultimate Aerobic Biodegradability of Organic Compounds-method by Analysis of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (Closed Bottle Test), Geneva (1994).
7. 5), Dilution and Seeding Method, Geneva (1986).
8. International Organization for Standardization, International Standard ISO 6060: Water Quality- Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand, Geneva (1989).
9. APHA, AWWA and WEF, Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater. 19th Edition, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C. (1995).
10. J. Dojlido and G. A. Best, Chemistry of Water and Water Pollution, Ellis Horword, New York (1993).
11. J. Struijs and R. Van den Berg, Standardized biodegradability tests: Extrapolation to aerobic environments. Wat. Res., 29, 255-262 (1995).
12. A. Žgajnar Gotvajn and J. Zagorc-Končan, Whole effluent and single substances approach: A tool for hazardous wastewater management, Wat. Sci. Tech., 37, 219-227 (1998).
13. nd IAWQ Conference on Hazard Assessment and Control of Environmental Contaminants in Water, Copenhagen, 85-86 (1995).