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Controlled marine ecosystems in the investigation of oil biodegradation at sea
1Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, CNRS UA 41, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, Marseille, France.
Microbiological Sciences
|July 1, 1986
Abstract:
In the marine environment, petroleum is subject to the action of physico-chemical weathering and microbial biodegradation. Experimental controlled ecosystems have provided essential information about the fate of petroleum at sea.