Monod kinetics for aerobic biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in unsaturated soil microcosms

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2343-2349

  Ostendorf, David W ^a   Schoenberg, Theodore H ^a   Hinlein, Erich S ^a   Long, Sharon C ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; MICROCOSM SETS; MONOD KINETICS; SATURATION CONSTANTS;

HYDROCARBONS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; MICROCOSM; OIL SPILL; OXIC CONDITIONS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SOIL; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; GROWTH RATE; MONOD KINETICS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PETROLEUM; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 34247124871     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062313l     Document Type: Article

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