Nitrogen removal in maturation ponds: Tracer experiments with 15N-labelled ammonia

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 81-85

  Camargo Valero, M A ^a   Mara, D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N ammonium; Maturation pond; NItrogen; Removal

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEDIMENTATION; VAPORIZATION;

ALGAL ORGANIC NITROGEN; ALGAL UPTAKE; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; LABELLED AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; MATURATION PONDS;

FISH PONDS;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FISH PONDS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEDIMENTATION; VAPORIZATION;

AMMONIA; EFFLUENT; MATURATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POND; SEDIMENTATION; VOLATILIZATION; WATER COLUMN;

ALGA; AMMONIFICATION; BENTHOS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PH; POND; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENGLAND; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ALGAE;

EID: 34250763794     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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