Nutrients release and phosphorus distribution during oligochaetes predation on activated sludge

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-245

  Wei, Yuansong ^a   Zhu, Hui ^a   Wang, Yawei ^a   Li, Jinfu ^b   Zhang, Peixin ^b   Hu, Ji ^b   Liu, Junxin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Nutrients release; Oligochaetes; Radioisotope 32P tracer; Sludge reduction; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BATCH TESTS; OLIGOCHAETES; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHORUS DISTRIBUTIONS; RELEASE RATES; SLUDGE REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL NITROGENS; TRACER TESTS; WET WEIGHTS;

BIOACTIVITY; EFFLUENTS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOISOTOPE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); RADIOISOTOPES; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TESTING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS 32;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOTOPE TRACING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STERILIZED SLUDGE;

OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 58349101947     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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