Impacts, recovery rates, and treatment options for spilled oil in marshes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 19-25

  Michel, Jacqueline ^a   Rutherford, Nicolle ^b  

^a Research Planning Inc   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marshes; Oil spills; Recovery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; OIL SPILLS; RECOVERY; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; GROWING SEASON; MARSHES; RECOVERY CURVES; RECOVERY RATE; REFINED PRODUCTS; TREATMENT; WARM CLIMATES;

LOADING;

DIESEL FUEL; FUEL OIL; KEROSENE; PETROLEUM;

OIL SPILL; RECOVERY; SALTMARSH; WATER TREATMENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; MARSH; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT GROWTH; RHIZOME; SHOOT REGENERATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TROPIC CLIMATE; VEGETATION; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; WETLAND;

ENVIRONMENT; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PLANTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84899965951     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.03.030     Document Type: Article

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