Differentiating the roles of photooxidation and biodegradation in the weathering of Light Louisiana Sweet crude oil in surface water from the Deepwater Horizon site

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 265-272

  Bacosa, Hernando P ^a   Erdner, Deana L ^a   Liu, Zhanfei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Corexit; Crude oil; Deepwater Horizon spill; Photooxidation; Pristane phytane

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CRUDE OIL; MICROBIOLOGY; OIL SHALE; PARAFFINS; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRISTANE; RATE CONSTANTS; SURFACE WATERS; WEATHERING;

BIODEGRADATION RATE; COREXIT; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; FIELD CONDITIONS; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS;

BIODEGRADATION;

ALKANE; BENZENE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HEXANE; PETROLEUM; PHYTANE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PRISTANE; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; DISPERSANT; OIL SPILL; PHOTOOXIDATION; WEATHERING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; OIL SPILL; PHOTOOXIDATION; SUNLIGHT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; GULF OF MEXICO; LIGHT; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ALKANES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GULF OF MEXICO; LIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84932160568     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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