Chemical and microbial hypotheses explaining the effect of wastewater treatment plant discharges on the nitrifying communities in freshwater sediment

Chemosphere

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 919-928

  Féray, Christine ^a   Montuelle, Bernard ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Freshwater sediment; Nitrification; Nitrifying communities; Potential nitrifying activity; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; FLOW CONTROL; NITRIFICATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; RIVER WATER;

FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOSM; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACARI; ARANEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS; SALIX; SALIX EXIGUA; SPODOPTERA; TETRANYCHIDAE; TOSPOVIRUS; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0037295754     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00646-X     Document Type: Article

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