Push-pull tests for assessing in situ aerobic cometabolism

Ground Water

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-337

  Kim, Young ^a   Istok, Jonathan D ^b   Semprini, Lewis ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CURVE FITTING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; SUBSTRATES;

AEROBIC COMETABOLISM; CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS (CAH); PUSH-PULL TESTING;

METABOLISM;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GROUNDWATER; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TESTING METHOD;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 2342637833     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02681.x     Document Type: Article

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