Characterisation of algal organic matter produced by bloom-forming marine and freshwater algae

Water Research

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 216-230

  Villacorte, L O ^a,b,h   Ekowati, Y ^a   Neu, T R ^c   Kleijn, J M ^d   Winters, H ^e,f   Amy, G ^a,e,g   Schippers, J C ^a   Kennedy, M D ^a,g  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^h TECHNIP   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Dinoflagellates; Fluorescence excitation emission matrix (FEEM); Lectin staining coupled with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM)

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER EXCITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC LASERS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PROTEINS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FILTRATION;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; DINOFLAGELLATES; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIXES (FEEM);

ALGAE;

ALGAL BLOOM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROTEIN;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS AFFINIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; MICROCYSTIS SP.;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUTROPHICATION; METABOLISM; MICROCYSTIS;

DIATOMS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EUTROPHICATION; MICROCYSTIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 84922723197     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.01.028     Document Type: Article

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