Development of river biofilms on artificial substrates and their potential for biomonitoring water quality

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1288-1295

  Tien, Chien Jung ^a   Wu, Wen Hua ^b   Chuang, Tzu Liang ^b   Chen, Colin S ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Algae; Bacteria; Biofilms; Metabolic activity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEMS; METABOLISM; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

BIOFILMS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; PHOSPHATE;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RIVER WATER; SUBSTRATE; WATER QUALITY;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; TURBIDITY; VELOCITY; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 68249130780     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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