Do Contaminants Originating from State-of-the-Art Treated Wastewater Impact the Ecological Quality of Surface Waters?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Stalter, Daniel ^a,c   Magdeburg, Axel ^a   Quednow, Kristin ^a   Botzat, Alexandra ^b   Oehlmann, Jörg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; FLAME RETARDANT; FRAGRANCE; HEAVY METAL; NONYLPHENOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SURFACE WATER; TERBUTRYN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPHEMEROPTERA; GERMANY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PLECOPTERA; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SALINITY; STREAM (RIVER); TRICHOPTERA; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER QUALITY;

EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84875973735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060616     Document Type: Article

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