Wastewater as a source of nitrifying bacteria in river systems: The case of the River Seine downstream from Paris

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3213-3221

  Brion, Natacha ^a   Billen, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

H14CO3 incorporation method; Nitrifying bacteria; Potential nitrifying activity; River Seine; Wastewater; Wastewater treatment management

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; CARBONATES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT MANAGEMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

NITRIFICATION; POLLUTION; RIVER; WASTEWATER;

NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; FRANCE; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

FRANCE; RIVER SEINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034664172     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00075-0     Document Type: Article

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