Bioremediation and toxicity determination of natural seawater polluted with weathered crude oil by salt-tolerant consortia in a SBR

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1490-1493

  Ruiz, Marta ^a   Pasadakis, Nikos ^a   Kalogerakis, Nicolas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Bioreactor; Brachionus plicatilis; Toxicity; Weathered crude oil

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; REFINING; SEAWATER; TOXICITY; WEATHERING;

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; SALT TOLERANT CONSORTIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY; WEATHERED CRUDE OIL;

WATER POLLUTION;

NITROGEN; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUDE OIL; NITROGEN; OIL SPILL; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEAWATER; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SLUDGE; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; GREECE; PETROLEUM; SEAWATER; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS;

EID: 33750442553     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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