Ozonation of secondary treated wastewater reduces ecotoxicity to Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea; Amphipoda): Are loads of (micro)pollutants responsible?

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3999-4007

  Bundschuh, Mirco ^a   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

By products; Feeding assay; Gammarus; Ozone; Pharmaceuticals; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; EXTRACTION; FEEDING; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; PHASE SEPARATION; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ECOTOXICITY; EXPOSED TO; FEEDING ASSAY; FEEDING RATE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; MICROPOLLUTANTS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; TREATED WASTEWATER; TREATMENT PLANTS;

OZONE;

ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE;

AMPHIPOD; BIOASSAY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; OXIDATION; OZONE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICITY; FEEDING; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OZONATION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959331809     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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