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BIODEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL CONTAMINATING MARINE SHORELINES AND FRESHWATER WETLANDS
Citation:
Venosa*, A D. AND X. Zhu. BIODEGRADATION OF CRUDE OIL CONTAMINATING MARINE SHORELINES AND FRESHWATER WETLANDS. Lehr, W.J., Johnson, W., Simecek-Beatty, D., Mearns, A.J. (ed.), SPILL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN. Elsevier Science Ltd, London, Uk, 8(2):163-178, (2003).
Description:
This paper presents a summary of the various factors influencing weathering of oil after it has been released into the invironment from a spill incident. Special emphasis will be placed on biodegradation processes. The source of most of the information for this article comes from an EPA report [Zhu et al. (2002) entitled "Guidelines for the Bioremediation of Marine Shorelines and Freshwater Wetlands," which can be downloaded from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Web site (http://epa.gov/oilspill/docs/bioremed.pdf). The latter part of the paper summarizes important data from two field studies conducted in 1999 and 2000 involving bioremediation of an experimental oil spill on a marine sandy shoreline in Delaware and a freshwater wetland on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada.