Degradation of the “Erika” oil

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-267

  Bordenave, Sylvain ^a   Jézéque, Ronan ^b   Fourçans, Aude ^a   Budzinski, Hélène ^c   Merlin, François X ^b   Fourel, Tangi ^b   Goñi Urriza, Marisol ^a   Guyoneaud, Rémy ^a   Grimaud, Régis ^a   Caumette, Pierre ^a   Duran, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b Cedre   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity analysis; Heavy fuel oil; Microbial mat; PAH; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; OIL SPILL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 7944231324     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:2004027     Document Type: Article

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