Nitrification rates of algal-bacterial biofilms in wastewater stabilization ponds under light and dark conditions

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1741-1746

  Babu, M A ^a   Hes, E M A ^b   van der Steen, N P ^b   Hooijmans, C M ^b   Gijzen, H J ^b  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA   (Uganda)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Light intensity; Nitrification; Oxygen; PH; WSP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BULK WATER; DARK CONDITIONS; DIM LIGHT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LIGHT INTENSITY; NIGHT TIME; NITRIFICATION RATES; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER STABILIZATION PONDS; WOODEN PLATES; WSP;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTS; LAKES; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; SEWAGE LAGOONS; STABILIZATION; STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER; WATERWORKS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

BIOFILM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; LIGHT INTENSITY; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; PH; POND; STABILIZATION; WASTEWATER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957813550     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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