Improvement of the assimilable organic carbon (AOC) analytical method for reclaimed water

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 483-491

  Zhao, Xin ^a   Hu, Hongying ^a   Liu, Shuming ^a   Jiang, Feng ^b   Shi, Xiaolei ^a   Li, Mingtang ^b   Xu, Xueqiao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assimilable organic carbon (AOC); Bioassay; Biological stability; Reclaimed water; Test bacterial strains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877589361     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0525-0     Document Type: Article

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