Rhizoremediation of oil-contaminated sites: A perspective on the Gulf War environmental catastrophe on the State of Kuwait

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-107

  Yateem, Awatif ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Desert; Kuwait; Marine; Oil pollution; Rhizoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LAND RECLAMATION; OIL POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PARK MANAGEMENT; REVEGETATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL REMEDIATION; WAR;

KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST];

EID: 84871993919     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1182-8     Document Type: Review

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