Comparative performance studies of water lettuce, duckweed, and algal-based stabilization ponds using low-strength sewage

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 20-22, 2004, Pages 1727-1739

  Awuah, Esi ^a   Oppong Peprah, M ^a   Lubberding, H J ^b   Gijzen, H J ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHORUS;

ACIDITY; ALGA; ALKALINITY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GHANA; LARVA; LETTUCE; MACROPHYTE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TURBIDITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WEED;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ARACEAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULICIDAE; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GADUS MORHUA; LACTUCA; LEMNA; PISTIA; PISTIA STRATIOTES; POLYRHIZA; SPIRODELA; SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA; STRATIOTES;

EID: 4644227205     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390490493466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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