Chronic effects of oil spill on soil properties and microflora of a rainforest ecosystem in Nigeria

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 86, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Amadi, Amadi ^a   Abbey, Samuel D ^a   Nma, Anthony ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OIL SPILLS; PH; SOIL TESTING; TROPICS;

NIGERIA; TROPICAL RAINFOREST ECOSYSTEM;

SOIL POLLUTION;

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; MICROFLORA; NIGERIA; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOREMEDIATION; FOREST SOIL; HYDROCARBON; MICROFLORA; OIL SPILL; RAINFOREST; SOIL;

NIGERIA, NIGER DELTA;

EID: 0029669125     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00279142     Document Type: Article

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