An evaluation of bioremediation of oiled sediments buried within a mudflat environment

Proceedings - 20th Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program Technical Seminar 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 703-713

  Swannell, Richard P J ^a   Mitchell, David J ^a   Jones, D Martin ^b   Willis, Alyson L ^c   Lee, Kenneth ^d   Lepo, Joe E ^e  

^a RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; HYDROCARBONS; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ARABIAN LIGHT CRUDE OIL; BIODEGRADATION RATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; IN- SITU MONITORING; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; RESIDUAL HYDROCARBONS; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 0345339475     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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