Seawater quality and microbial communities at a desalination plant marine outfall. A field study at the Israeli Mediterranean coast

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 5449-5462

  Drami, Dror ^a,b   Yacobi, Yosef Z ^c   Stambler, Noga ^d   Kress, Nurit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brine discharge; Environmental impact; Reverse osmosis; Seawater desalination

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING WATER; DESALINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROORGANISMS; OUTFALLS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY;

BRINE DISCHARGE; DESALINATION PLANT; FIELD STUDIES; MARINE OUTFALLS; MEDITERRANEAN COASTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANTS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SEAWATER QUALITY; TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; SEA WATER;

BUOYANCY; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; CORRELATION; DESALINATION; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILTER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROXIDE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OSMOSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POWER PLANT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SURVEY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ISRAEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY; SEASHORE; WATER QUALITY;

ISRAEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053121729     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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