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Original Articles

Nitrogen removal from slaughterhouse wastewater through partial nitrification followed by denitrification in intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactors at 11°C

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Pages 470-477 | Received 09 May 2013, Accepted 30 Jul 2013, Published online: 23 Sep 2013

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