Effects of nutrients on crude oil biodegradation in the upper intertidal zone SCIE SCOPUS

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Title
Effects of nutrients on crude oil biodegradation in the upper intertidal zone
Author(s)
Oh, YS; Sim, DS; Kim, SJ
Alternative Author(s)
김상진
Publication Year
2001-12
Abstract
To enhance biodegradation, nutrients in the form of slow-release fertilizer (SRF) were applied to oil-contaminated microcosms (3%, v/v) which simulated intertidal environmental systems. Although nutrient concentrations in the interstitial water were not proportional to those in amended SRF, microbial activity, growth of oil-degrading microorganisms, and oil-degradation rate were closely related to the concentration of nutrients in the interstitial water. Adding nutrients at higher dose (microcosm 1, 144.4 mg C/kg sand/day, versus microcosm II, 8.5 mg C/ kg sand/day) had a positive effect on oil degradation rate, which was especially obvious during the early phase of treatment. Use of pristane, phytane, and nor-hopane as biomarkers enabled the detection of significant treatment differences in hydrocarbon biodegradation, which were not reliable enough when the data were normalized to sand mass. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
ISSN
0025-326X
URI
https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/5836
DOI
10.1016/S0025-326X(01)00166-7
Bibliographic Citation
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, v.42, no.12, pp.1367 - 1372, 2001
Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Subject
MICROBIAL-DEGRADATION; DEGRADING YEAST; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPONENTS; SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT; SPILL; RATES; SOIL
Keywords
oil degradation; hydrocarbons; microbiological cultures; bioremediation; inorganic nutrients; intertidal zone
Type
Article
Language
English
Document Type
Article
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