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Metabolism of 14C-naphthalene in marine sediments
N B K Murthy1, P D Sherkhane, S P Kale
1Nuclear Agriculture & Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India.
Environmental Technology
|December 11, 2002
Abstract:
Metabolism of 14C-naphthalene was studied in aerobic and anaerobic marine sediments from the Mumbai coast, India using a continuous flow-through system for 5 weeks. There was no volatilisation of naphthalene from anaerobic sediment. Naphthalene underwent more extensive mineralization in aerobic sediment (31.6% of the applied activity) than in anaerobic sediment (5% of the applied activity). No metabolite of naphthalene was present in sediments at the end of the incubation period.