Trickling filters and biofilm reactor modelling

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 193-212

  Wik, T ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamics; FISH; Load; Nitrification; PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646161133     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RESB.0000040470.48460.bb     Document Type: Article

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