Diuron biodegradation in activated sludge batch reactors under aerobic and anoxic conditions

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1471-1479

  Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a   Kotsifa, Sevasti ^b   Gatidou, Georgia ^a   Mamais, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fate; Pesticides; Phenylureas; Removal; Runoff waters

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; HERBICIDES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHASE SEPARATION; RUNOFF; UREA;

ACCLIMATISATION; ACTIVATED SLUDGE BATCH REACTORS; ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTORS; AEROBIC CONDITION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; DICHLOROANILINE; FATE; PHENYLUREAS; RUNOFF WATER; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION;

METABOLITES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; HERBICIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 61549143062     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.12.040     Document Type: Article

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