Bioavailability of hydrophobic organic contaminants in soils: fundamental concepts and techniques for analysis

KT Semple, AWJ Morriss… - European journal of soil …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Soils represent a major sink for organic xenobiotic contaminants in the environment. The
degree to which organic chemicals are retained within the soil is controlled by soil …

Toxicity assessment of fresh and weathered petroleum hydrocarbons in contaminated soil-a review

MAI Khan, B Biswas, E Smith, R Naidu, M Megharaj - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil contamination with total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) is widespread throughout the
globe due to the massive production of TPH anthropogenically and its occurrence in the soil …

A review of the current options for the treatment and safe disposal of drill cuttings

AS Ball, RJ Stewart… - Waste Management & …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Drilling for the exploration and extraction of oil requires the use of drilling fluids which are
continuously pumped down and returned carrying the rock phase that is extracted from the …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the biodegradation of weathered hydrocarbons in contaminated soils by bioaugmentation and nutrient stimulation

Y Jiang, KJ Brassington, G Prpich, GI Paton… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
The potential for biotransformation of weathered hydrocarbon residues in soils collected
from two commercial oil refinery sites (Soil A and B) was studied in microcosm experiments …

Toxicity evaluation of the metabolites derived from the degradation of phenanthrene by one of a soil ubiquitous PAHs-degrading strain Rhodococcus qingshengii FF

Y Wang, M Nie, Z Diwu, F Chang, H Nie… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rhodococcus qingshengii strain FF is a soil ubiquitous strain that has a high polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) biodegradation capability. In this work, phenanthrene was …

Bioremediation and monitoring of aromatic-polluted habitats

V Andreoni, L Gianfreda - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2007 - Springer
Bioremediation may restore contaminated soils through the broad biodegradative
capabilities evolved by microorganisms towards undesirable organic compounds …

Ecotoxicity of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil

IC Eom, C Rast, AM Veber, P Vasseur - Ecotoxicology and environmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Soil samples from a former cokery site polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) were assessed for their toxicity to terrestrial and aquatic organisms and for their …

Bioremediation of PAH-contaminated soil with fungi–From laboratory to field scale

E Winquist, K Björklöf, E Schultz, M Räsänen… - International …, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to develop a fungal bioremediation method that could be used
for soils heavily contaminated with persistent organic compounds, such as polyaromatic …

Simple biotoxicity tests for evaluation of carbonaceous soil additives: establishment and reproducibility of four test procedures

D Busch, C Kammann, L Grünhage… - … of environmental quality, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Biochar derived from pyrolysis has received much attention recently as a soil additive to
sequester carbon and increase soil fertility. Hydrochar, a brown, coal‐like substance …

A summary of eleven years progress in earthworm ecotoxicology: The 7th international symposium on earthworm ecology· Cardiff· Wales· 2002

DJ Spurgeon, JM Weeks, CAM Van Gestel - Pedobiologia, 2003 - Elsevier
The inception, ring-testing and standardisation of the acute earthworm toxicity test (OECD
1984), has been at catalyst for the emergence of earthworms as one of the key organisms in …