Short-term harmful effects of unionised ammonia on natural populations of Moina micrura and Brachionus rubens in a deep waste treatment pond

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2547-2554

  Arauzo, M ^a   Valladolid, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachionus rubens; Deep waste treatment pond; Moina micrura; Unionised ammonia

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PH EFFECTS; TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

UNIONISED AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS RUBENS; MICRURA; MOINA; MOINA MICRURA;

EID: 0037654873     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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