Enumeration of protozoan ciliates in activated sludge: Determination of replicate number using probability

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3443-3452

  Dubber, Donata ^a   Gray, N F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Ciliates; Enumeration; Protozoa; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; PROBABILITY; RECOVERY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CILIATE; ENUMERATION; HIGH PROBABILITY; NEW APPROACHES; RARE SPECIES; ROUTINE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE VOLUME; SUB-SAMPLES; USING PROBABILITIES;

PROTOZOA;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTISTAN COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 67649993929     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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