A study of natural attenuation processes involved in a microcosm model of a crude oil-impacted wetland sediment in the Niger Delta

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4761-4767

  Abu, Gideon O ^a   Dike, Paschal O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Natural attenuation; Niger Delta

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WETLANDS;

MICROCOSM MODEL; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NIGER DELTA;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

AERATION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUDE OIL; EVAPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROCOSM; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PH; PHOTOOXIDATION; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION; WETLAND;

ACIDITY; AERATION; ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOSM; NIGER; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEDIMENT; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VOLATILIZATION; WETLAND;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NIGERIA; PETROLEUM; WETLANDS;

AFRICA; NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ALCALIGENES; CHROMOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 41849094114     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.09.063     Document Type: Article

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