Open AccessA study of a unicellular green alga, occurring in polluted water, with especial reference to its nitrogenous metabolism
Author(s) -
Harriette Chick
Publication year - 1903
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9126
pISSN - 0370-1662
DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1902.0129
Subject(s) - sewage , ammoniacal nitrogen , environmental science , algae , pulp and paper industry , biology , environmental chemistry , chemistry , environmental engineering , botany , wastewater , engineering
A small, unicellular, green alga was noticed to be frequently present in sewage, and sewage materials, when these had been kept for some time. The same alga was also found to have seeded itself in dilute ammoniacal solutions