Field bioremediation study: Spilled crude oil on Fowler Beach, Delaware
Conference
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OSTI ID:474236
- Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States)
- Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States). Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and others
A statistical approach was used to determine if nutrient and/or microbial inoculation enhances the loss of crude oil experimentally released onto plots on the shoreline of Delaware Bay. Five replicates of three treatments were examined (nutrients alone, nutrients plus an inoculum of indigenous bacteria from the site, and an unamended control). Results suggested that alkanes degraded significantly faster on the treated plots compared to the unamended plots at weeks 2 and 4. No differences were detected in aromatic degradation. Bioaugmentation with indigenous microorganisms did not result in additional enhancement.
- OSTI ID:
- 474236
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950483--; ISBN 1-57477-004-7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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