Performance assessment of bioremediation and natural attenuation

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-270

  Illman, Walter A ^a   Alvarez, Pedro J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chemical fingerprinting; Molecular biological tools; Monitored natural attenuation; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; CRITICAL REVIEW; FORENSIC ANALYSIS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; GEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MASS LOSS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROCOSM STUDIES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL TOOLS; MONITORED NATURAL ATTENUATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TARGET POLLUTANTS; THREE COMPONENT;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPES; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RATING; SOIL POLLUTION;

BIODEGRADATION;

GROUND WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CATABOLISM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOLUTE;

EID: 74949134019     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380701413385     Document Type: Article

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