Effluent organic nitrogen (EON): Bioavailability and photochemical and salinity-mediated release

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5830-5835

  Bronk, Deborah A ^a   Roberts, Quinn N ^a   Sanderson, Marta P ^a   Canuel, Elizabeth A ^a   Hatcher, Patrick G ^b   Mesfioui, Rajaa ^b   Filippino, Katherine C ^b   Mulholland, Margaret R ^b   Love, Nancy G ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL REMOVAL; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; LABILE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PRIMARY AMINES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

AMINE; AMMONIA; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; EFFLUENT; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SALINITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUTROPHICATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SALINITY; SUNLIGHT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SALINITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

JAMES RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77955116050     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101115g     Document Type: Article

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