Effect of contaminant and organic matter bioavailability on the microbial dehalogenation of sediment-bound chlorobenzenes

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2669-2680

  Prytula, Mark T ^a   Pavlostathis, Spyros G ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Chlorobenzenes; Estuary; Reductive dechiorination; Sediments

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; GROWTH KINETICS; IMPURITIES; MICROORGANISMS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS;

ANAEROBIC BATCH ASSAYS; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHLOROBENZENE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL GROWTH;

DEHALOGENATION;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; ESTUARY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030297933     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00180-7     Document Type: Article

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