Effect of salt on aerobic biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated groundwater

Biodegradation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-38

  Ulrich, Ania C ^a   Guigard, Selma E ^a   Foght, Julia M ^a   Semple, Kathleen M ^a   Pooley, Kathryn ^a   Armstrong, James E ^b   Biggar, Kevin W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INTECSEA   (Canada)

^c BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic biodegradation; Groundwater; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Pollutants; Salt

Indexed keywords

A FORMERS; AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; AROMATIC SUBSTRATES; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CUMULATIVE PRODUCTIONS; DEGRADATION RATES; HEXADECANE; IN-SITU; INDIGENOUS MICROBES; LAG TIMES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NATURAL GAS CONDENSATES; NATURAL GAS PROCESSING; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTIONS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; POLLUTANTS; PRODUCED WATERS; SALT CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL SLURRIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BOTTLES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; GAS CONDENSATES; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PRODUCERS; GASES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBON REFINING; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; NATURAL GAS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; REMEDIATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

HYDROCARBON; INORGANIC SALT; PETROLEUM; WATER;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SLURRY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM; SALTS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 58149190200     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10532-008-9196-0     Document Type: Article

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