The effect of anoxia and anaerobia on ciliate community in biological nutrient removal systems using laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactors (SBRs)

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2213-2226

  Dubber, Donata ^a   Gray, N F ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Phosphorus removal; Process performance; Protists; Protozoa; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PROTOZOA; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBICS; P REMOVAL; PERFORMANCE; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; PROTIST; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SLUDGE SETTLEABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; ANOXIA; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOREACTOR; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENITRIFICATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CILIATE; DENITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE;

ACINERIA UNCINATA; CILIOPHORA; EPICARCHESIUM; EPISTYLIS; OPERCULARIA MICRODISCUM; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79951944786     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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