Degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in two sub-Antarctic soils: Influence of an oleophilic fertilizer

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1893-1901

  Coulon, Frédéric ^a   Pelletier, Emilien ^b   St Louis, Richard ^b   Gourhant, Lénaïck ^b   Delille, Daniel ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold climate; Hydrocarbon degradation; Hydrocarbon toxicity; Oleophilic fertilizer; Sub Antarctic soils

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; FERTILIZERS; HYDROCARBONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

OIL CONTAMINANTS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DIESEL FUEL; FERTILIZER; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FERTILIZER; HYDROCARBON; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIODEGRADATION; COLD CLIMATE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLD; FERTILIZERS; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 3442894709     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-484     Document Type: Article

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