Effect of Antarctic solar radiation on sewage bacteria viability

• Published in: Water Research
• Main Author: Hughes, Kevin A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Adelaide Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Rothera; Rothera Point; Rothera Research Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1816/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.04.011

The majority of coastal Antarctic research stations discard untreated sewage waste into the near-shore marine environment. However, Antarctic solar conditions are unique, with ozone depletion increasing the proportion of potentially damaging ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation reaching the marine environ...