Ciliate communities in a constructed mangrove wetland for wastewater treatment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 711-719

  Chen, Qing Hua ^a,b,c   Tam, Nora Fung Yee ^c,d   Shin, Paul K S ^c,d   Cheung, Siu Giu ^c,d   Xu, Run Lin ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Futian National Nature Reserve   (China)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Mangrove wetland; Municipal wastewater; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

CILIATES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DRY SEASONS; HABITAT QUALITIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; MANGROVE WETLAND; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; ORGANIC MATTERS; SOUTH CHINAS; SPECIES NUMBERS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DROUGHT; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ABUNDANCE; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISCHARGE; HABITAT QUALITY; MANGROVE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SESSILE SPECIES; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MANGROVE; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

AEGICERAS CORNICULATUM; CILIOPHORA; COLPODIDA; PROTOZOA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 65049088524     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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