Effects of soil treatments containing poultry manure on crude oil degradation in a sandy loam soil

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-53

  Okolo, J C ^a   Amadi, E N ^b   Odu, C T I ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Alternate carbon substrates; Crude oil degradation; Poultry manure; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744543103     PISSN: 15891623     EISSN: 17850037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/0301_047053     Document Type: Article

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