Use of slow-release fertilizer and biopolymers for stimulating hydrocarbon biodegradation in oil-contaminated beach sediments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 8-12, 2005, Pages 1101-1110

  Xu, Ran ^a   Yong, Li Ching ^a   Lim, Yong Giak ^a   Obbard, Jeffrey Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Chitin; Chitosan; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Sediments; Slow release fertilizer

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHITIN; FERTILIZERS; PARAFFINS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; SLOW-RELEASE FERTILIZER; STIMULATING HYDROCARBONS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ALKANE; BIOPOLYMER; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; FERTILIZER; HYDROCARBON; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEACHING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT; SEDIMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIA; BATHING BEACHES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FERTILIZERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PETROLEUM; SINGAPORE;

BIODEGRADATION; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; FERTILIZERS; HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 27744497256     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.02.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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