The use of microbial tracers to monitor seasonal variations in effluent retention in a constructed wetland

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3833-3844

  Hodgson, C J ^a   Perkins, J ^a,c   Labadz, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Biotracer; Chemical tracer; Constructed wetlands; Retention time

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DYES; WATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIOTRACERS; CHEMICAL TRACERS; ENDOSPORES; MICROBIAL TRACERS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

FLUORESCENT DYE; RHODAMINE; TRACER;

CHEMICAL TRACER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

BACILLUS GLOBIGII; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

EID: 4544319747     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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