Monitoring protozoa and metazoa biofilm communities for assessing wastewater quality impact and reactor up-scaling effects

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 309-316

  Fried, J ^a   Mayr, G ^b   Berger, H ^c   Traunspurger, W ^d   Psenner, R ^e   Lemmer, H ^f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Technisches Buro fur Okologie   (Austria)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f Institut für Wasserforschung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Ciliates; Fixed bed reactor; Nematodes; Rotifers; Wastewater quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; MONITORING; PROTOZOA; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CILIATES; FIXED BED REACTORS; METAZOA; NEMATODES; ROTIFERS; WASTEWATER QUALITY;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HELMINTH; METAZOON; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CILIOPHORA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; PERITRICHIA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; VERMES;

EID: 0033942847     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2000.0460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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