Development and resistance of a biofilm in a planar fracture during biostimulation, starvation, and varying flow conditions

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-388

  Ross, Nathalle ^a,d   Novakowski, Kent S ^b   Lesage, Suzanne ^a   Deschênes, Louise ^c   Samson, Réjean ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advection dispersion model; Biobarriers; Biofilms; Biostimulation; Fractured rock; Groundwater flow; Oxidation reduction potential; Starvation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION;

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; BIOBARRIERS; BIOSTIMULATION; STARVATION;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 38349158947     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S06-056     Document Type: Article

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