An off-line respirometric procedure to determine inhibition and toxicity of biodegradable compounds in biomass from an industrial WWTP

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 267-275

  Guisasola, Albert ^a   Baeza, J A ^a   Carrera, J ^a   Casas, C ^a   Lafuente, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Modelling; Nitrifying biomass; Oxygen uptake rate; Respirometry; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; PHENOLS; TOXICITY;

OXYGEN UPTAKE RATE (OUR);

TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PHENOL; PHENYLENEDIAMINE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIROMETER; RESPIROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 0347899348     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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