Evaluation and further development of the activated sludge respiration inhibition test

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-149

  Gendig, Cornelia ^a   Domogala, Georg ^a   Agnoli, Francesca ^b   Pagga, Udo ^c   Strotmann, Uwe J ^a  

^a WESTPHALIAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated sludge respiration inhibition test; Bacterial toxicity; Chlorinated phenols; Respiration inhibition; Statistical fit

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOXICITY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE RESPIRATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

3,5 DICHLOROPHENOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; PHENOL; RESPIRATION; TESTING METHOD; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE RESPIRATION INHIBITION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CURVE FITTING; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038706409     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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