Utilisation of respirometry to assess organic matter reduction of effluents from the camaçari industrial complex (BA, Brazil)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-319

  Oliveira, Carla A ^a   Araújo, Cristiano V M ^b   Nascimento, Renato B ^a   Strotmann, Uwe J ^c   Da Silva, Eduardo M ^b  

^a Universidade Catolica de Salvador   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Bacterial toxicity; Oxygen uptake rate; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249288689     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132007000200016     Document Type: Article

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