Biodegradation and gas-exchange of gaseous alkanes in model estuarine ecosystems Academic Article

abstract

• Gas-exchange biodegradation experiments conducted in model estuarine ecosystems indicate that the ease of degradation of gaseious normal alkanes increases with chain length. The behaviour of gaseous perhalogenated alkanes can be explained by gas exchange alone with no degradation. The initial degradation of C3 and C4 alkanes proceeded with half times of a few days to a few weeks, however, after a period of 15-30 days, the rates of degradation increased by at least an order of magnitude. 1981.

authors

• Santschi, Peter

published proceedings

• Organic Geochemistry

author list (cited authors)

• Bopp, R. F., Santschi, P. H., Li, Y., & Deck, B. L.

citation count

• 22

complete list of authors

• Bopp, Richard F||Santschi, Peter H||Li, Yuan-H||Deck, Bruce L

publication date

• January 1981

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Organic Geochemistry  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0146-6380(81)90007-3

start page

• 9

end page

• 14

volume

• 3

issue

• 1-2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0146-6380(81)90007-3