Bioavailability and biodegradation of weathered diesel fuel in aquifer material under denitrifying conditions

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1222-1229

  Bregnard, Thierry Pierre Alain ^a   Höhener, Patrick ^a   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Bioavailability; Bioremediation; Hydrocarbons; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSURFACTANT; INCUBATION;

AQUIFERS; DENITRIFICATION; DIESEL FUELS; MICELLES; MICROORGANISMS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

BIODEGRADATION;

DIESEL FUEL;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 2642607846     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1222:BABOWD>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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