The activated-sludge fauna and performance of five sewage treatment plants in Beijing, China

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-152

  Chen, Shenggui ^a   Xu, Muqi ^a   Cao, Hong ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^a   Zhou, Kexin ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Yang, Xiangping ^b   Gan, Yiping ^b   Liu, Weiyan ^b   Zhai, Jiaji ^b   Shao, Yongyi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Beijing Municipal Drainage Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Effluent quality; Indicator species; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ARCELLA; ARCELLA HEMISPHAERICA; ASPIDISCA; ASPIDISCA SULCATA; CONVALLARIA; EPISTYLIS; EPISTYLIS PLICATILIS; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; VORTICELLA; VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA;

EID: 3843102437     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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