Effect of Exposure Time, Contamination Level, and Type of PAH Compound on Biodegradation Capacity of Mangrove Sediment

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-304

  Guo, Chu Ling ^a   Ke, Lin ^a   Dang, Zhi ^a   Tam, Nora Fungyee ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

biodegradation potential; fluoranthene; mangrove wetland; phenanthrene; pyrene; threshold concentration

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PYRENE; SEDIMENTS; SLURRIES;

BIODEGRADATION POTENTIALS; FLUORANTHENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; PAH-DEGRADING BACTERIA; PHENANTHRENE; PYRENE-DEGRADING BACTERIA; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84860322214     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2012.664181     Document Type: Article

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