Nitrification performance of a propeller-washed bead clarifier supporting a fluidized sand biofilter in a recirculating warmwater fish system

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-321

  Pfeiffer, Tim ^a   Malone, Ron ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bead filter; Recirculation; Sand filter

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FISHERIES; SAND; WATER QUALITY;

BEAD FILTERS; FLUIDIZED SAND FILTER (FSF); PROPELLER-WASH BEAD FILTER (PWBF); RECIRCULATION; SAND FILTERS;

NITRIFICATION;

FEEDING; FILTER; FISH; NITRIFICATION; SAND; WATER QUALITY;

TILAPIA;

EID: 33645974874     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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