Ecotoxicity tests using the green algae Chlorella vulgaris-A useful tool in hazardous effluents management

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 167, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 179-185

  Silva, Aurora ^a   Figueiredo, Sónia A ^a   Sales, M Goreti ^a   Delerue Matos, Cristina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Ecotoxicity; Environmental management; Laboratory wastewaters

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; ALGAE GROWTH; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY TEST; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISCHARGE; GREEN ALGA; HAZARDOUS WASTEWATERS; KINETIC STUDY; LABORATORY WASTEWATER; LABORATORY WASTEWATERS; PERSULPHATE; SODIUM BISULPHITE; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LABORATORIES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILVER; SODIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER RECYCLING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BISULFITE; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; IODIDE; IRON; MERCURY; PHENANTHROLINE; SILVER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; GREEN ALGA; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INHIBITION; PARAMETERIZATION; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOLORIZATION; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANT GROWTH; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLORIDES; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IODIDES; METALS, HEAVY; PHENANTHROLINES; SULFATES; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 67649403187     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.12.102     Document Type: Article

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