Effects of COREXIT® EC9500A on bacteria from a beach oiled by the Deepwater Horizon spill

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-109

  Hamdan, Leila J ^a   Fulmer, Preston A ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

COREXIT; Deepwater horizon; Dispersant; Gulf of Mexico; Hydrocarbon degraders; Toxicity; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; MARINOBACTER; VIBRIO;

EID: 79956334132     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01482     Document Type: Article

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