The microfauna communities and operational monitoring of an activated sludge plant in China

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-295

  Zhou, Kexin ^a,b   Xu, Muqi ^a   Dai, Jiayin ^a   Cao, Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge plant; Bioindicators; Factor analysis; Metazoa; Protozoa; Water treatment fauna

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ARCELLA HEMISPHAERICA; ASPIDISCA CICADA; CILIOPHORA; CONVALLARIA; GASTROTRICHA; LITONOTUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA;

EID: 33750948244     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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