Bioremediation of stranded oil on an arctic shoreline

Spill Science and Technology Bulletin

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-312

  Prince, Roger C ^a   Bare, Richard E ^a   Garrett, Robert M ^a   Grossman, Matthew J ^a   Haith, Copper E ^a   Keim, Lois G ^a   Lee, Kenneth ^b   Holtom, Graham J ^c   Lambert, Patrick ^d   Sergy, Gary A ^d   Owens, Edward H ^e   Guénette, Chantal C ^f  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e Polaris Applied Sciences   (United States)

^f SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bioremediation; Field test kits; Oil biodegradation; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; FERTILIZER; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SHORELINE;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; FERTILIZER; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SHORELINE;

EID: 0042964821     PISSN: 13532561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-2561(03)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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