Determining the Effects of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent on Sediment Microbial Communities and Nitrogen-Cycling in Three Study Sites

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Laubach, Kerriann E.
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Washington and Lee University -- Capstone in Environmental Studies
Sewage disposal plants -- Environmental aspects -- Evaluation
Water -- Pollution
Marine microbial ecology
Marine sediments -- Microbiology
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Capstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE] Kerriann E. Laubach is a member of the Class of 2013 of Washington and Lee University. This study aims to determine whether point source water pollution from wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) changes the quantity and quality of specific nitrogen-cycling river sediment microbial communities in order to evaluate the ecosystem-level effects of WWTP outflow. [from the Executive Summary] Kerriann Laubach