Stochastic modeling for characterisation of biofilm development with discrete detachment events (sloughing)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 257-264

  Bohn, A ^a   Zippel, Barbara ^b   Almeida, J S ^a,c   Xavier, J B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Phototrophic biofilms; Sloughing; Stochastic differential equations

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BIOFILM BIOMASS; BIOFILM GROWTH; PHOTOTROPHIC BIOFILMS; SLOUGHING; STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH; MODELING; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; STOCHASTICITY;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROWTH CURVE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34249666034     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.266     Document Type: Conference Paper

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