Nitrogen availability influences phosphorus removal in microalgae-based wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-106

  Beuckels, Annelies ^a   Smolders, Erik ^a   Muylaert, Koenraad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomass composition; Microalgae; Nutrient removal; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMASS COMPOSITIONS; EFFECTIVE REMOVALS; GROWTH COMPOSITION; MICRO-ALGAE; MODEL ORGANISMS; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; P SUPPLIES; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; SCENEDESMUS;

MICROALGAE;

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOMASS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; MICROALGA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACUTODESMUS OBLIQUUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; MICROALGA; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SCENEDESMUS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

SCENEDESMUS;

BIOMASS; CHLORELLA; MICROALGAE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SCENEDESMUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84926331745     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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