QUANTITATIVE STUDIES ON MARINE BIODEGRADATION OF OIL -- 3. COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT CRUDE OIL RESIDUES AND EFFECTS OF SEA WATER SOURCE

A respirometric method, which had been used previously for studying the degradation of Kuwait crude oil residue in local sea water, was used again with two different crude oil residues as substrates. However, the differences found appeared to be due mainly to the sample of sea water rather than to the type of oil.

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• Authors:
  • Davis, S J
  • Gibbs, C F
  • Pugh, K B
• Publication Date: 1977-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 203-215
• Serial:
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company, Limited
  • ISSN: 0269-7491
  • Serial URL: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-pollution

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Biodeterioration; Deterioration; Environmental protection; Oil spills; Oils; Seawater; Water pollution
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil degradation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170132
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1978 12:00AM