Shoreline bioremediation following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-104

  Prince, Roger C ^a   Bragg, James R ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Exxon valdez; Nutrient addition; Shoreline

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; EUON VDDEZ; EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FIELD MONITORING; JOINT PROGRAMS; NUTRIENT ADDITION; OIL BIODEGRADATION; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND , ALASKA; RESIDUAL OIL; SHORELINE; SLOW RELEASE; SPILL RESPONSE; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRUDE OIL; FERTILIZERS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 0002266865     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889869709351324     Document Type: Article

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