Treatment options for microcystin toxins: Similarities and differences between variants

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-308

  Newcombe, G ^a   Cook, D ^a,b   Brooke, S ^a,b   Ho, L ^a,b   Slyman, N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Algal toxins; Microcystins; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; ELECTROSTATICS; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL TOXINS; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; ELECTROSTATIC SHIELDING; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; INTERMOLECULAR REPULSIONS; MICROCYSTINS; POSITIVELY CHARGED; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALANINE; ARGININE; CYANOGINOSIN;

ALGA; SEPARATION CHARACTERISTICS; TOXIC MATERIAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY; EXPERIENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SURFACE CHARGE; SURVIVAL TIME; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0037257054     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330309385562     Document Type: Article

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