Testing the ecotoxicology of vegetable versus mineral based lubricating oils: 1. Degradation rates using tropical marine microbes

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-173

  Mercurio, Philip ^a   Burns, Kathryn A ^b   Negri, Andrew ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Degradation; Lubricant oils; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIODEGRADATION; LUBRICATING OILS; MICROORGANISMS; MINERALS; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; VEGETABLE-DERIVED LUBRICANTS (VDL);

ECOSYSTEMS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; FATTY ACID ESTER; LUBRICATING AGENT; MINERAL;

CORAL REEF; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MANGROVE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OIL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL REEF; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LABORATORY; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; VEGETABLE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 1342265829     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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