Seasonal monitoring of hydrocarbon degraders in Alabama marine ecosystems following the deepwater horizon oil spill

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3145-3154

  Horel, Agota ^a,b   Mortazavi, Behzad ^a,b   Sobecky, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Crude oil; Deepwater Horizon; Hydrocarbon degraders; Macondo well; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; ALKANE DEGRADERS; DEEPWATER; DETECTION LIMITS; DRY WEIGHT; HIGH TIDES; HYDROCARBON DEGRADERS; INTERTIDAL ZONES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICROBIAL ABUNDANCES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MINIMUM VALUE; NEARSHORES; OIL CONTAMINATION; PAH DEGRADERS; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; PORE WATERS; SALT MARSHES; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEAGRASSES; SEASONAL CHANGES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TOTAL HYDROCARBONS; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS;

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; OIL SPILLS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKANE; AMMONIA; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ABUNDANCE; ALKANE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUDE OIL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; OIL SPILL; PAH; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POREWATER; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OIL SPILL; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

RUPPIA MARITIMA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84862185045     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1097-5     Document Type: Article

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