@article{fdi:010075701,
  title = {{I}mportance of ecological interactions during wastewater treatment using {H}igh {R}ate {A}lgal {P}onds under different temperate climates},
  author = {{G}ales, {A}. and {B}onnafous, {A}. and {C}arr{\'e}, {C}laire and {J}auzein, {V}. and {L}anouguere, {E}. and {L}e {F}loc'h, {E}. and {P}inoit, {J}. and {P}oullain, {C}. and {R}oques, {C}. and {S}ialve, {B}. and {S}imier, {M}onique and {S}teyer, {J}. {P}. and {F}ouilland, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}everal studies focused on wastewater treatment in {H}igh {R}ate {A}lgal {P}onds ({HRAP}) suggest that highly variable climatic conditions cause large variations of microalgal biomass productivity. {I}n the present study, we show that similar carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus removal efficiencies were reached in different {HRAP}s treating urban wastewaters located in two different temperate ({M}editerranean and oceanic) climates. {F}urthermore, similar ecological successions were observed in these {HRAP}s. {D}uring the start-up phase, the consumption of organic matter by detritivores, already present in the wastewater, appears to be necessary for the microalgae to grow within two weeks in spring. {T}he growth of the rapid-growing species, {C}hlorella sp., followed by the grazing-resilient species, {S}cenedesmus sp., combined with nitrifying and denitrifying bacterial activity, removed most the ammonia. {T}he resulting exhaustion of ammonia would limit the complete removal of dissolved {COD} by bacteria and phosphate by microalgae in the {HRAP}s. {T}his study shows that similar biological and environmental constraints were applied on the {HRAP}s, making the process efficiency highly reproducible under different temperate latitudes.},
  keywords = {{M}icroalgae ; {P}redators ; {B}acteria ; {U}rban effluents ; {A}mmonia and phosphate removal ; {FRANCE} ; {ZONE} {TEMPEREE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}lgal {R}esearch : {B}iomass {B}iofuels and {B}ioproducts},
  volume = {40},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 101508 [9 p.]},
  ISSN = {2211-9264},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.algal.2019.101508},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075701},
}