Ecotoxicological evaluation of wastewater in a municipal WWTP in Lisbon area (Portugal)

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 19-21, 2013, Pages 4162-4170

  Mendonça, Elsa ^a   Picado, Ana ^b   Paixão, Susana M ^b   Silva, Luís ^b   Barbosa, Marta ^b   Cunha, Maria Ana ^a  

^a Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente IP ^*  (Portugal)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; Environmental management; Treatment efficiency; Wastewater; WWTP

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LEMNA MINOR; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; THAMNOCEPHALUS PLATYURUS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84879168052     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.768021     Document Type: Article

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