Investigating the relationship between toxicity and organic sum-parameters in kraft mill effluents

Water Research

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 180-189

  Raptis, Catherine E ^a   Juraske, Ronnie ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BOD; COD; Correlation; Kraft mill effluent; Whole effluent toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; EFFLUENTS;

COD; CORRELATION; EFFLUENT MANAGEMENT; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; KRAFT MILL EFFLUENTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTISES; METAL TOXICITY; ORGANICS; TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION; WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY;

TOXICITY;

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; METAL;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; GROWTH RATE; MICROALGA; MILL; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; MODEL; NONHUMAN; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 84907623481     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.023     Document Type: Article

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