Passive secondary biological treatment systems reduce estrogens in dairy shed effluent

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7601-7606

  Gadd, Jennifer B ^a,d   Northcott, Grant L ^b   Tremblay, Louis A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED POND SYSTEM; AEROBIC TREATMENT; ANAEROBIC TREATMENTS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS; COMPLETE SYSTEM; CONJUGATED ESTROGENS; E-SCREEN; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; FINAL EFFLUENTS; FRESHWATER FISHES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; POND SYSTEMS; REMOVAL RATE; STEROID ESTROGENS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; LAKES;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

ESTROGEN;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAIRY FARMING; EFFLUENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; STEROID; WATER POLLUTION;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; DAIRYING; ESTROGENS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77957365005     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1008054     Document Type: Article

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