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A Biological Investigation of Sewage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

B. G. Peters
Affiliation:
From the Department of Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Extract

A biological study of the fauna of sewage-treatment plants was pursued by the writer for two years, from June 1927, thanks to the generosity of the Grocers' Company. The programme laid down included a qualitative and quantitative survey of the fauna and a collection of data on such physico-chemical factors as hydrogen ion concentration and oxygen requirement, with a view to seeking correlations between the two groups of phenomena.

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Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1930

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