Comparative endoscopic and SEM analyses and imaging for biofilm growth on porous quartz sand

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-445

  Jean, Jiin Shuh ^a   Tsao, Chun Wen ^b   Chung, Meng Chen ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TRANSWORLD INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biofilm growth; Endoscope; Image analysis; SEM; Thickness variability

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; IMAGING METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; SAND;

EID: 21744449469     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-004-0365-x     Document Type: Article

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