Indigenous sediment microbial activity in response to nutrient enrichment and plant growth following a controlled oil spill on a freshwater wetland

Bioremediation Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-80

  Greer, C W ^a   Fortin, N ^a   Roy, R ^b   Whyte, L G ^a   Lee, K ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; BACTERIAL POPULATION; DENITRIFYING BACTERIA; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; HEXADECANE; HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; LABORATORY EVALUATION; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL FLORA; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MONITORING PERIODS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; OIL DEGRADATION; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DENSITIES; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SCIRPUS; SODIUM NITRATES; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; METABOLISM; MINERALOGY; NAPHTHALENE; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUTRIENTS; OIL SPILLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM; SOILS; WATER; WETLANDS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0037933102     PISSN: 10889868     EISSN: 15476529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713914243-203     Document Type: Article

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