Monitoring of waste water samples using the ECOTOX biosystem and the flagellate alga Euglena gracilis

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 216, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 547-560

  Ahmed, Hoda ^a,b   Häder, Donat Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

ECOTOX; Euglena gracilis; Motility parameters; Waste water

Indexed keywords

BIO SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL SAFETY; CELL MOTILITY; ECOTOX; EUGLENA GRACILIS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MEASURED PARAMETERS; MODEL ORGANISMS; MOTILITY PARAMETERS; MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION PARAMETER; PURIFICATION SYSTEMS; R VALUE; SENSITIVE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM USE; TEST ORGANISMS; WASTE SAMPLES; WASTE TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOASSAY; CHLORINE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALGA; BIOASSAY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTILITY; PROTIST; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL MOTILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MICROBIAL KINETICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 79951942506     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0552-4     Document Type: Article

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