Nitrogen removal in wastewater stabilisation ponds

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 103-110

  Picot, Bernadette ^a   Andrianarison, Tahina ^a   Olijnyk, Débora Parcias ^a   Wang, Xinze ^b   Qiu, Jian Ping ^b   Brissaud, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia volatilisation; Denitrification; Nitrification; Nitrogen removal; Wastewater stabilisation pond

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954181330     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.363     Document Type: Article

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