Application of hydrogen peroxide for the removal of toxic cyanobacteria and other phytoplankton from wastewater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8916-8921

  Barrington, Dani J ^a   Ghadouani, Anas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALGAE CONTROL; APPLICATIONS; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; BLOOMS (METAL); CELL DEATH; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROPHYLL; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION; PORPHYRINS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CYANOBACTERIAL CELLS; CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES; ELEVATED LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHS; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; FOUR GROUPS; HEPATOTOXIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (H; IN PIPES; INFRA STRUCTURES; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER SAMPLES;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIC ORGANISM; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DEATH; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYTOPLANKTON; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 57449116607     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801717y     Document Type: Article

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