The effect of amount of crude oil on extent of its biodegradation in open water- and sandy beach- laboratory simulations

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1291-1302

  Lepo, J E ^a   Kavanaugh, J L ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Norton, G P ^a   Cripe, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine oil spills; Microcosm modeling; Oil spill; Surrogate bioremediation treatments

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BEACHES; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRUDE OIL; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; PARAFFINS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INTRINSIC BIODEGRADATION; LABORATORY MICROCOSM; LABORATORY SIMULATION; MARINE OIL SPILLS; OIL CONCENTRATION; SURROGATE BIOREMEDIATION TREATMENTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKANE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION;

BEACH; BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; OPEN WATER;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENT; LABORATORY; METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WEATHERING;

EID: 0345328297     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330309385672     Document Type: Article

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