The use of microbial gene abundance in the development of fuel remediation guidelines in polar soils

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 235-241

  Richardson, Elizabeth L ^a,b   King, Catherine K ^b   Powell, Shane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Ecotoxicology; Hydrocarbon; PCR; Quantitative; Soil

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANALYSIS; ANTARCTICA; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; MICROBIAL GENE; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SPILL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GENES, MICROBIAL; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84930341626     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1580     Document Type: Article

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