A mathematical model of phytoremediation for petroleum contaminated soil: Sensitivity analysis

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-136

  Thoma, G J ^a   Lam, T B ^a   Wolf, D C ^b  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasses; Plant roots; Rhizosphere; Root turnover

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 0038267124     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713610175     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Anderson, T. A., Guthrie, E. A., and Walton, B. T. 1993. Bioremediation in the rhizosphere. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27, 2630-2636.
2. Banks, M. K., Govindaraju, R. S., Schwab, A. P., Kulakow, P., and Finn, J. 2000. In: Phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils. (Fiorenza, S., Oubre, C. L., and Ward, C. H., Eds.). Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.
3. Buyanovsky, G. A. and Wagner, G. H. 1987. Carbon transfer in a winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) ecosystem. Biol. Fert. Soils 5, 76-82.
4. Deregibus, V. A., Trlica, M. J., Jameson, D. A. 1982. In: CRC handbook of agricultural productivity. pp. 315-344. (Rechcigl, Jr., M., Ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
5. Dormaar, J. F. and Willms, W. D. 1993. Decomposition of blue grama and rough fescue roots in prairie soils. J. Range Manage. 46, 207-213.
6. Eissenstat, D. M. and Yanai, R. D. 1997. The ecology of root lifespan. Adv. Ecol. Res. 27, 2-59.
7. Hedge, R. S. and Fletcher, J. S. 1996. Influence of plant growth stage and season on the release of root phenolics by mulberry as related to development of phytoremediation technology. Chemosphere 32, 2471-2479.
8. Jury, W. A., Spencer, W. F., and Farmer, W. J. 1983. Behavior assessment model for trace organics in soil: I. Model description. J. Environ. Qual. 12, 558-564.
9. Leigh, M.B., Fletcher, J.S., Fu, X., and Schmitz, F.J. 2002. Root turnover: An important source of microbial substrates in rhizosphere remediation of recalcitrant contaminants. Environ. Sci. Tech. 36, 1579-1583.
10. Miya, R. K. and Firestone, M. K. 2001. Enhanced phenanthrene biodegradation in soil by slender oat root exudates and root debris. J. Environ. Qual. 30, 1911-1918.
11. Siciliano, S. D. and Germida, J. J. 1998. Mechanisms of phytoremediation: Biochemical and ecological interactions between plants and bacteria. Environ. Rev. 6, 65-79.
12. Thoma, G. J., Lam, T. B., and Wolf, D. C. 2003. A Mathematical Model of Phytoremediation for Petroleum Contaminated Soil: Model development. Int. J. Phytoremed. 5, 41-56.
13. Walworth, J. L. and Reynolds, C. M. 1995. Bioremediation of a petroleum-contaminated cryic soil: Effects of phosphorus, nitrogen, and temperature. J. Soil Contam. 4, 299-310.
14. White, Jr., P. M., Kirkpatrick, W. D., Thoma, G. J., and Wolf, D. C. 2001. Using plants to remediate crude oil-contaminated soil. In: Proc. 7th Annual International Petroleum Environmental Conference. (Sublette, K., Ed.) Albuquerque NM, 7-10 November 2000.