The role of algae in the removal of Escherichia coli in a tropical eutrophic lake

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 317-324

  Ansa, E D O ^a,b   Lubberding, H J ^a   Ampofo, J A ^b   Gijzen, H J ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c UNESCO Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Algae; Density; Eutrophic lake; Faecal coliform; Pathogen; Survival

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC LIFE; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; DECAY RATE; DENSITY; DIALYSIS TUBES; DIE-OFF; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; DOMESTIC ACTIVITY; E. COLI; EUTROPHIC LAKES; FAECAL COLIFORM; FAECAL COLIFORMS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAW WATER; RURAL COMMUNITY; SURVIVAL; SUSPENDED MATTERS; TREATMENT PONDS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DECAY (ORGANIC); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIALYSIS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUTROPHICATION;

LAKES;

ALGA; AQUATIC ORGANISM; CHLOROPHYLL; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LAKE; PATHOGENICITY; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; WEIJA LAKE;

ALGAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78751700996     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.11.023     Document Type: Article

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