Fertilization and bioaugmentation for oil biodegradation in salt marsh mesocosms

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 229-240

  Wright, Alan L ^a   Weaver, Richard W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioaugmentation; hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms; oil bioremediation; oil degradation; salt marshes

Indexed keywords

BIOAUGMENTATION; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; SALT MARSH;

BIODEGRADATION; FERTILIZERS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROORGANISMS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; OIL POLLUTION; SALTMARSH;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FERTILIZATION; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE; HETEROTROPHY; MESOCOSM; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; POPULATION SIZE; SALT MARSH;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 4043073320     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000036810.81451.83     Document Type: Article

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