Microbiological parameters as an additional tool to improve wastewater treatment plant monitoring

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 431-437

  Muela, Alicia ^a   Orruño, Maite ^a   Alonso, M Luz ^b   Pazos, Marta ^c   Arana, Inés ^a   Alonso, Rosa M ^b   Jiménez, Rosa M ^b   Garaizabal, Idoia ^a   Maguregui, M Itxaso ^b   Barcina, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencia Y Technologia   (Spain)

^c UTE Crispijana   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Influent effluent characterization; Microbiological parameters; Physicochemical parameters; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79954417350     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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