Inhibitory effect of triclosan and nonylphenol on respiration rates and ammonia removal in activated sludge systems

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-206

  Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a   Mamais, Daniel ^b   Thomaidis, Nikolaos S ^c   Danika, Elena ^b   Gatidou, Georgia ^a   Lekkas, Themistokles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

EC50 values; Nitrification; Respiration rate; Sludge age; Toxicity; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NONYLPHENOL; TRICLOSAN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; INHIBITION; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESPIRATION; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; LUMINESCENCE; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; TRICLOSAN; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 42049101606     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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