Removal of nitrate contaminant in porous media aquifer through microbiological method

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 362-369

  Zhao, L ^a   Yang, Y S ^b   Tan, X ^a   Kalin, R M ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROORGANISM; PH; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; NITRATES; POROSITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0042344756     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0172-4     Document Type: Article

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