The influence of Corexit 9500A and weathering on Alaska North Slope crude oil toxicity to the ammonia oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas europaea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 64-70

  Radniecki, Tyler S ^a,b   Schneider, Margaret C ^b   Semprini, Lewis ^b  

^a AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska North Slope Crude; Corexit; NE1545; Nitrosomonas europaea; Oil toxicity; Weathered

Indexed keywords

ALASKA NORTH SLOPE CRUDES; COREXIT; NE1545; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; WEATHERED;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GENE EXPRESSION;

TOXICITY;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; COREXIT 9500A; OIL DISPERSANT; PETROLEUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUDE OIL; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NE1545 GENE; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEATHERING;

ALASKA; AMMONIA; LIPIDS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PETROLEUM; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEATHER;

ALASKA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 84875251787     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.12.022     Document Type: Article

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