Evaluation of water treatment sludges toxicity using the Daphnia bioassay

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3909-3917

  Sotero Santos, Rosana B ^a   Rocha, Odete ^a   Povinelli, Jurandyr ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alum sludge; Daphnia similis; Ferric chloride sludge; Toxicity tests; Water treatment plant effluents

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; IRON COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DAPHNIA SIMILIS; FERRIC CHLORIDE SLUDGES; WATER TREATMENT SLUDGES TOXICITY;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAPHNIA; DEGRADATION; EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUBFERTILITY; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA SIMILIS;

EID: 24944529900     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.06.030     Document Type: Article

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