Changes in the concentration and relative abundance of alkanes and PAHs from the Deepwater Horizon oiling of coastal marshes

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 291-297

  Turner, R E ^a   Overton, E B ^a   Meyer, B M ^a   Miles, M S ^a   Hooper Bui, L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkane; C 1 naphthalenes; Macondo oil spill; Naphthalene; PAH; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; OIL SPILLS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; WETLANDS;

ANALYTES; COASTAL MARSH; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; LOUISIANA; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WETLAND SOILS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; ALKANE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ESTUARY; MARSH; OIL SPILL; SEASHORE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; VOLATILIZATION; WEATHERING; WETLAND; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HISTORY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LOUISIANA; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84922605627     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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