The effects of CO2 addition along a pH gradient on wastewater microalgal photo-physiology, biomass production and nutrient removal

Water Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-26

  Sutherland, Donna L ^a,b   Howard Williams, Clive ^a   Turnbull, Matthew H ^b   Broady, Paul A ^b   Craggs, Rupert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomass enhancement; Carbon dioxide addition; High rate algal ponds; Light absorption; PAM; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LAKES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; PH EFFECTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

% REDUCTIONS; BIOMASS ENHANCEMENT; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE ADDITION; HIGH RATE ALGAL POND; MICRO-ALGAE; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; NUTRIENT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE; PH GRADIENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; OXYGEN; WASTE WATER;

ABSORBANCE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; MICROALGA; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROALGA; MICROALGAL PHOTOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASTE WATER;

ALGAE; MICRACTINIUM; PEDIASTRUM BORYANUM;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MICROALGAE; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84917710924     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.10.064     Document Type: Article

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