The rate of removal and the compositional changes of diesel in Antarctic marine sediment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 410-411, Issue , 2011, Pages 205-216

  Woolfenden, E N M ^a,b   Hince, G ^b   Powell, S M ^b,c   Stark, S C ^b   Snape, I ^b   Stark, J S ^b   George, S C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biodegradation; Dissolution; Hydrocarbon; Oil; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; AQUEOUS DISSOLUTION; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; IN-SITU; MARINE SEDIMENTS; N-ALKANES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; O'BRIEN; OIL; OVERALL RATE; RESEARCH STATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; WATER COLUMNS;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; APARTMENT HOUSES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ISOMERS; MICROBIOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

1 ETHYLADAMANTANE; 1 METHYLADAMANTANE; 1 METHYLDIAMANTANE; 1,2 DIMETHYLADAMANTANE; 1,2,3,7 TETRAMETHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1,2,4 TRIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1,2,6,7 TETRAMETHYLNAPHTHALENE; 1,3 DIMETHYLADAMANTANE; 1,3,5,7 TETRAMETHYLADAMANTANE; 1,4 DIMETHYLADAMANTANE; 4 METHYLDIAMANTANE; ADAMANTANE; ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ALKANE; ALKYLBENZENE; ALKYLCYCLOHEXANE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CONGRESSANE; DIESEL FUEL; HYDROCARBON; LUBRICATING AGENT; METHYLALKYLCYCLOHEXANE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROLEUM; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIESEL; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HYDROCARBON; IN SITU TEST; MARINE SEDIMENT; OIL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION; SEAFLOOR; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DISSOLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUMMER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME IONIZATION; GASOLINE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANTARCTICA; CASEY STATION; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 80655148885     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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