Filamentous organism bulking in nutrient removal activated sludge systems. Paper 2: Stimulation of the selector effect under aerobic conditions

Water SA

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-114

  Still, D A ^a   Ekama, G A ^a   Wentzel, M C ^a   Casey, T G ^a   Marais, Gv R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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