Just add water and salt: The optimisation of petrogenic hydrocarbon biodegradation in soils from semi-arid Barrow Island, Western Australia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 216, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 513-525

  Tibbett, Mark ^a   George, Suman J ^a   Davie, Alexis ^a   Barron, Alyssa ^a   Milton, Nui ^a   Greenwood, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; CO2 respiration; Nitrogen toxicity; Nutrient interactions; Petroleum hydrocarbons; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; CO2 RESPIRATION; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADATION; NITROGEN FERTILISER; NUTRIENT AMENDMENTS; NUTRIENT INTERACTIONS; NUTRIENT LEVELS; NUTRIENT-POOR SOILS; OPTIMISATIONS; PETROGENIC; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; SEMI ARID; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL PORE WATERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; NUTRITION; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; TOXICITY;

BIODEGRADATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBON; NITROGEN; POREWATER; RESPIRATION; SALT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; POROSITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL RESPIRATION;

AUSTRALIA; BARROW ISLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79951955749     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0549-z     Document Type: Article

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