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BIOREMEDIATION OF CRUDE OIL RELEASED ON A SANDY BEACH IN DELAWARE
Citation:
Venosa, A., J. Haines, B. Wrenn, K. Stroheier, B. Eberhart, AND M. Suidan. BIOREMEDIATION OF CRUDE OIL RELEASED ON A SANDY BEACH IN DELAWARE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-95/081 (NTIS PB95221750), 1995.
Description:
A statistical approach was used to determine if mineral nutrient addition and/or microbial inoculation enhances the loss of crude oil experimentally released onto plots on the shoreline of Delaware Bay. ive replicates of three treatments were examined (nutrients alone, nutrients plus an inoculum of indigenous bacteria from the site, and an unamended control). reliminary results suggested that alkanes and aromatics degraded faster on the treated plots compared to the unamended plots after 4 weeks. urther enhancement of biodegradation by inoculum addition was not qualitatively evident in the first month.
