In-situ monitoring of microbial biomass in wetland mesocosms

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 233-241

  McHenry, J ^a   Werker, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b AnoxKaldnes AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomass; Fluorescein diacetate; Hydrolysis kinetics; Mesocosms; Microbial activity; Subsurface flow

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETIC THEORY; MASS TRANSFER; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; MONITORING; PLANTS (BOTANY); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOACTIVITY; PLANT GROWTH; ROOT ZONE; WETLAND MESOCOSMS;

WETLANDS;

FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE;

BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROLYSIS; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE; STEADY STATE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

EID: 21844472509     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0326     Document Type: Article

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