Influence of effluents from a wastewater treatment plant on nutrient distribution in a coastal creek from southern Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-162

  Santos, Isaac Rodrigues ^a   Costa, Ronaldo Cataldo ^a   Freitas, Ubiratan ^a   Fillmann, Gilberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biogeochemistry; Coastal zone; Contamination; Eutrophication; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649119163     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132008000100019     Document Type: Article

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