Fig. 1.
Removal of MC-LR through the BAF systems: effluent from column 2 (red, biomass seeded), column 3 (green, no biomass seeded), and column 5 (autoclaved control, blue); influent MC-LR concentration was 5.07 ± 0.11 μg/L. Samples were collected at the EBCT of 20 min (day 179–208) and 10 min (day 209–242) after the addition of AOM/MC-LR. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)