In situ bioremediation strategies for oiled shoreline environments

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 783-794

  Lee, K ^a   Mora, S D ^b  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Oil degradation; Oil spills; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OIL BOOMS; OIL SPILLS;

ALTERNATIVE ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS MONITORING; IN-SITU BIOREMEDIATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OIL DEGRADATION; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

BIOREMEDIATION;

OXYGEN;

BIOREMEDIATION; CLEANUP; COASTAL ZONE; OIL SPILL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; OIL SPILL; SEASHORE; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 0032586617     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332008616875     Document Type: Article

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