Response of estuarine meio- and macrofauna to in situ bioremediation of oil-contaminated sediment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 430-443

  Schratzberger, Michaela ^a   Daniel, Fabien ^b   Wall, Caroline M ^a   Kilbride, Rebecca ^a   Macnaughton, Sarah J ^b   Boyd, Siân E ^a   Rees, Hubert L ^a   Lee, Kenneth ^c   Swannell, Richard P J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Intertidal; Macrofauna; Meiofauna; Oil; SW England

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; SEDIMENTS;

OIL REMOVAL;

MARINE POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; OIL;

BENTHOS; BIOREMEDIATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MEIOFAUNA; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; MACROFAUNA; MEIOFAUNA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIODEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0037387899     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00465-4     Document Type: Article

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