Rotating disk electrodes to assess river biofilm thickness and elasticity

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1347-1357

  Boulêtreau, Stéphanie ^a,b   Charcosset, Jean Yves ^a,b   Gamby, Jean ^d   Lyautey, Emilie ^a,b   Mastrorillo, Sylvain ^a,b   Azémar, Frédéric ^a,b   Moulin, Frédéric ^c   Tribollet, Bernard ^d   Garabetian, Frédéric ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c IMFT   (France)

^d Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm architecture; Biofilm deformation; Electrochemistry; Epilithon; Periphyton; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; RIVERS; ROTATING DISKS; VOLTAMMETRY;

BIO-FILM THICKNESS; BIOFILM ARCHITECTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ASSAYS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SIGNALS; EPILITHON; PERIPHYTONS; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; DIATOM; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EPILITHON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERIPHYTON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATOM; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRANCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RIVER BIOFILM; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODE; SEDIMENTATION; STEREOMICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; WATER FLOW; WATER IMMERSION;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650576480     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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