Application of a mechanistic desorption-biodegradation model to describe the behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in peat soil aggregates

Chemosphere

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-299

  Mulder, H ^a,b   Breure, A M ^a   Rulkens, W H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biodegradation; Mass transfer; Model application; PAHs; Peat soil

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODEGRADATION; CURVE FITTING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PEAT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIODEGRADATION; DESORPTION; PEAT SOIL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DESORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; MECHANICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035261714     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(00)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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