Comparative study of indices used in toxicity evaluation of effluents

Desalination

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 383-389

  Manusadžianas, Levonas ^a   Sadauskas, Kazys ^a,b   Vitkus, Rimantas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Effluent classification; Effluent toxicity; Test battery; Toxicity indices

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC MEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; INVERSION DISTANCE; LITHUANIA; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; RIVER FLOW; SIMILARITY MEASURE; SMALL TOWNS; TEST-BATTERY; TOXICITY INDEX;

EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL TESTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFLUENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RANKING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 71849117482     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.09.061     Document Type: Article

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