Whole effluent toxicity (WET) tests on wastewater treatment plants with Daphnia magna and Selenastrum capricornutum

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 107-113

  Ra, Jin Sung ^a   Kim, Hyun Koo ^b   Chang, Nam Ik ^b   Kim, Sang Don ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Youngsan River Environmental Research Laboratory   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Selenastrum capricornutum; Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs); Whole effluent toxicity (WET)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EXTENDED AERATION; INFLUENT; ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR; WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY;

TOXICITY;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RIVER WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE FACILITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KOREA; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STREAM (RIVER); TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; KOREA; TOXICITY TESTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 34547124868     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9431-2     Document Type: Article

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