A rapid bioluminescence-based test of assimilable organic carbon for seawater

Desalination

Volumn 317, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-165

  Jeong, Sanghyun ^a   Naidu, Gayathri ^a   Vigneswaran, Saravanamuthu ^a   Ma, Chao Hoe ^b   Rice, Scott A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Assimilable organic carbon; Biofouling; Bioluminescence; Pretreatment; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE QUANTIFICATIONS; ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; COST OF OPERATIONS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MICROBIAL FOULING; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT METHODS; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; PHOSPHORESCENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

SEAWATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC CARBON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; TESTING METHOD; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84876302757     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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