Resolving biodegradation patterns of persistent saturated hydrocarbons in weathered oil samples from the Deepwater Horizon disaster

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1628-1637

  Gros, Jonas ^a,b   Reddy, Christopher M ^c   Aeppli, Christoph ^c   Nelson, Robert K ^c   Carmichael, Catherine A ^c   Arey, J Samuel ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM;

ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GULF OF MEXICO; MEXICO; OIL SPILL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROCARBONS; MEXICO; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION;

EID: 84893560919     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4042836     Document Type: Article

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