Modern scientific methods and their potential in wastewater science and technology

Water Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 370-393

  Wilderer, Peter A ^a   Bungartz, Hans Joachim ^b   Lemmer, Hilde ^c   Wagner, Michael ^a   Keller, Jurg ^d   Wuertz, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Water Management Agency   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

FISH; Gene probes; Mathematical modeling; Nucleic acid fingerprinting; Numerical simulation; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SCANNING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION;

WASTEWATER;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIOREACTOR; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MICROORGANISM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; SIMULATION; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036133119     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00220-2     Document Type: Review

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