Effects of pulp and paper mill effluents on the microplankton and microbial self-purification capabilities of the Biobío River, Chile

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 359, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 194-208

  Karrasch, B ^a   Parra, O ^b   Cid, H ^b   Mehrens, M ^a   Pacheco, P ^b   Urrutia, R ^b   Valdovinos, C ^b   Zaror, C ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Extracellular enzyme activities; Heterotrophic flagellates; Pulp and paper mill effluents; Self purification capabilities

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; NITRATES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PHOSPHORUS; PURIFICATION;

EXTRACELLULAR ENZYME ACTIVITIES; HETEROTROPHIC FLAGELLATES; PULP AND PAPER MILL EFFLUENTS; SELF-PURIFICATION CAPABILITIES;

POLLUTION;

CELL ENZYME; CHLOROPHYLL A; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LIGNIN; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMER; RIVER WATER; TANNIN;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; MICROPLANKTON; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SELF PURIFICATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CHILE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FLAGELLATE; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PAPER INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; PURIFICATION; RIVER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHILE; CHLOROPHYLL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGNIN; MASTIGOPHORA; PAPER; PLANKTON; RIVERS; TANNINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ENZYMES; NITRATES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PAPER; POLLUTION; PULP MILLS; SELF PURIFICATION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 33644932429     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.03.029     Document Type: Article

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