Heterotrophic denitrification of aquaculture effluent using fluidized sand biofilters

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-59

  Tsukuda, Scott ^a   Christianson, Laura ^a   Kolb, Alex ^b   Saito, Keiko ^c   Summerfelt, Steven ^a  

^a Freshwater Institute Shepherdstown   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Denitrification; Fluidized sand biofilter; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOFILTERS; CARBON; DENITRIFICATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; FLUIDIZATION; LOADING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SAND; WASTE TREATMENT;

CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; DENITRIFICATION REACTORS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP; HETEROTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; SAND BIOFILTER;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLUIDIZATION; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SAND;

SHEPHERDSTOWN; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84922439622     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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