Assessing microbial uptake of petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater systems using natural abundance radiocarbon

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 5092-5097

  Ahad, Jason M E ^a,c   Burns, Leanne ^b   Mancini, Silvia ^b   Slater, Greg F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SOURCE; DERIVED CARBONS; EXTRACTED RESIDUE; FOSSIL CARBON; GROUNDWATER SYSTEM; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIAL UPTAKE; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACIDS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON 14; FATTY ACID; GROUND WATER; PETROLEUM;

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBON; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PETROLEUM; PHOSPHOLIPID; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON SOURCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSILS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PETROLEUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77954294834     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100080c     Document Type: Article

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