Evaluation of PAH depletion of subsurface exxon valdez oil residues remaining in prince william sound in 2007-2008 and their likely bioremediation potential

Proceedings of the 32nd AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 723-747

  Atlas, Ronald ^a   Bragg, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Creative Petroleum Solutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION RATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FINE SEDIMENTS; FLOWING WATERS; INTERTIDAL ZONES; LIMITING CURRENT; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NUTRIENT ADDITION; OIL RESIDUES; PORE WATERS; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND , ALASKA; REMAINING OIL; SITE SURVEYS; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL EXTRACTABLE HYDROCARBONS; TOTAL POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; UNTREATED CONTROL;

ANIMALS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SPILLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SANITARY SEWERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURVEYS; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

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EID: 70449659649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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