Abstract: A response alternative for floating vegetable oil spills based on sedimentation of negatively buoyant oil-mineral aggregates followed by anaerobic biodegradation in the sediments is under investigation. Sedimentation of ...

Abstract: Ammonium and nitrate were used as nitrogen sources to support microbial biodegradation of crude oil in continuous-flow beach microcosms to determine whether either nutrient was more effective in open systems, such as ...