Evaluation of Anabaena flos-aquae as a precursor for trihalomethane and haloacetic acid formation

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 653-662

  Huang, J ^a   Graham, N ^a   Templeton, M R ^a   Zhang, Y ^a,b   Collins, C ^b   Nieuwenhuijsen, M ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algae; Anabaena flos aquae; Byproducts; Disinfection; Haloacetic acids; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

ALGAL CELLS; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; BLUE-GREEN ALGAE; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS; EXTRACELLULAR ORGANIC MATTERS; GROWTH PHASIS; GROWTH-PHASE; HALOACETIC ACIDS; HUMIC AND FULVIC ACIDS; MONOCHLOROACETIC ACIDS; STATIONARY PHASIS; TRIHALOMETHANE; TRIHALOMETHANES;

AIRSHIPS; ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BYPRODUCTS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GROWTH (MATERIALS); ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

DISINFECTION;

ACETIC ACID; ALGA; DISINFECTION; GROWTH; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 59649099528     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2008.151     Document Type: Article

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