Selective biodegradation of naphthenic acids and a probable link between mixture profiles and aquatic toxicity

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2207-2216

  Toor, Navdeep S ^a   Han, Xiumei ^b   Franz, Eric ^a   Mackinnon, Michael D ^c   Martin, Jonathan W ^b   Liber, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microtox; Naphthenic acids; Oil sands process water; Selective biodegradation; Structure persistence

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MICROTOX; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SANDS PROCESS WATERS; OIL SANDS PROCESS-AFFECTED WATERS; STRUCTURE-PERSISTENCE; TOXICOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

BIOASSAY; CARBON; DEGRADATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXTURES; O RINGS; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; TOXICITY;

BIODEGRADATION;

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NAPHTHENIC ACID; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERSISTENCE; TOXICITY; WETLAND;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND;

MICROTOX; NAPHTHENIC ACIDS; OIL SANDS PROCESS WATER; SELECTIVE BIODEGRADATION; STRUCTURE-PERSISTENCE;

ALBERTA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINING; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PROBABILITY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA;

EID: 84883558862     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2295     Document Type: Article

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