The Prestige oil spill. I. Biodegradation of a heavy fuel oil under simulated conditions

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2203-2217

  Díez, Sergi ^a   Sabaté, Jordi ^b   Viñas, Marc ^b   Bayona, Josep M ^a   Solanas, Anna M ^b   Albaigés, Joan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Heavy fuel oil; Microbial consortia; Oleophilic fertilizer; Prestige oil spill

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERTILIZERS; FUEL OILS; OIL SPILLS; RESIDUAL FUELS; SUBSTRATES;

HEAVY FUEL OIL; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PRESTIGE OIL SPILL;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; ALKYLBENZENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; FERTILIZER; FLUORANTHENE; FUEL OIL; ISOPRENOID; MOLECULAR MARKER; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

BIODEGRADATION; OIL SPILL;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISOMER; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; WEATHERING;

ALKANES; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYCLOHEXANES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FERTILIZERS; FUEL OILS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; IONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NAPHTHALENES; OILS; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TERPENES; TIME FACTORS; TRITERPENES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 23944521515     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-604R.1     Document Type: Article

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