Salt marsh sediment biogeochemical response to the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1813-1819

  Mills, Calista G ^a   McNeal, Karen S ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; SALT MARSHES;

HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT BROWNING; SALT MARSH; SEDIMENT;

EID: 84907049896     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.11.0441     Document Type: Article

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