Potential of restoration and phytoremediation with Juncus roemerianus for diesel-contaminated coastal wetlands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Lin, Qianxin ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Degradation; Juncus roemerianus; Oil tolerance; PAHs; Phytoremediation; TPH; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; DEGRADATION; DIESEL FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SPILLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ALKANES; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; OIL TOLERANCE; PAHS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; TPH;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLAND; DEGRADATION; DIESEL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HERB; MARINE SEDIMENT; OIL SPILL; PAH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH; TRANSPLANTATION;

JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS;

EID: 57749200152     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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