Determination of rate constants and half-lives for the simultaneous biodegradation of several cyanobacterial metabolites in Australian source waters

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 5735-5746

  Ho, Lionel ^a,b   Tang, Tim ^a   Hoefel, Daniel ^a,b   Vigneswaran, Bala ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Sydney Catchment Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 Methylisoborneol (MIB); Biodegradation; Cyanobacteria; Cylindrospermopsin (CYN); Geosmin; Microcystin; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMOLECULES; LAKES; METABOLITES; RATE CONSTANTS;

2-METHYLISOBORNEOL; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; GEOSMIN; MICROCYSTINS; SAXITOXIN;

BIODEGRADATION;

2 METHYLISOBORNEOL; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; GEOSMIN; MICROCYSTIN; SAXITOXIN;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLITE; REACTION KINETICS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION; CYANOBACTERIAL METABOLITE; LAKE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE BURRAGORANG; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84865981602     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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