Emerging pollutants in the environment: Present and future challenges in biomonitoring, ecological risks and bioremediation

New Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 147-156

  Gavrilescu, Maria ^a,b   Demnerová, Kateřina ^c   Aamand, Jens ^d   Agathos, Spiros ^e   Fava, Fabio ^f  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; VIRUSES; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

WATER POLLUTION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FRESH WATER; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; TOXIN; WATER; POLLUTANT;

AIR; AQUACULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE REACTOR; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; INVENTION; PROCEDURES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INVENTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84912139109     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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