The dose-response relationship between No. 2 fuel oil and the growth of the salt marsh grass, Spartina alterniflora

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 897-902

  Lin, Qianxin ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a   Suidan, Makram T ^b   Lee, Kenneth ^c   Venosa, Albert D ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microtox; Oil spill; Phytoremediation; Restoration; Spartina; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FUEL OILS; GREENHOUSES; OIL SPILLS;

TRANSPLANTATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

FUEL OIL; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

BIOREMEDIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; OIL POLLUTION; SALTMARSH;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASS; GREENHOUSE; MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT STEM; SEDIMENT; SHOOT;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FUEL OILS; POACEAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0036708736     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00118-2     Document Type: Article

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