Effects of bioremediation agents on oil degradation in mineral and sandy salt marsh sediments

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 825-837

  Lin, Q ^a   Mendelssohn, I A ^a   Henry, C B ^a   Roberts, P O ^a   Walsh, M M ^a   Overton, E B ^a   Portier, R J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Microbial seeding; Oil bioremediation; Soil oxidant; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; MINERALS; OIL SPILLS; OXIDANTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS; BIOREMEDIATION AGENT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; SOIL MICROBIAL POPULATION; SOIL MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

BIODEGRADATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; FERTILIZER; HYDROCARBON; MINERAL; PETROLEUM;

BIOREMEDIATION; CLEANUP; OIL SPILL; SALTMARSH; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; OIL SPILL; PLANT GROWTH; SAND; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOIL TREATMENT;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0033172612     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332008616878     Document Type: Article

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