Response of Microorganisms to Hot Crude Oil Spills on a Subarctic Taiga Soil
This study was conducted on the short-term effects of seasonal spills of hot Prudhoe Bay crude oil on microorganisms in a taiga soil in interior Alaska. Following a winter spill, the filamentous fungal populations were inhibited whereas the heterotrophic bacterial populations were stimulated. After...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65713 2023-05-15T14:19:18+02:00 Response of Microorganisms to Hot Crude Oil Spills on a Subarctic Taiga Soil Sparrow, Elena B. Davenport, Charlotte V. Gordon, Ronald C. 1978-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65713 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65713/49627 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65713 ARCTIC; Vol. 31 No. 3 (1978): September: 153–411; 324-338 1923-1245 0004-0843 Environmental impacts Fungi Heterotrophic bacteria Oil spills on land Soil microorganisms Taiga ecology Winter ecology Alaska info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1978 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:45Z This study was conducted on the short-term effects of seasonal spills of hot Prudhoe Bay crude oil on microorganisms in a taiga soil in interior Alaska. Following a winter spill, the filamentous fungal populations were inhibited whereas the heterotrophic bacterial populations were stimulated. After a summer spill there was an initial depression of both the filamentous fungal and bacterial populations followed by a general enhancement. In both oil spill plots, yeasts; along with the denitrifying, proteolytic, oil-utilizing, and cellulose-utilizing microorganisms; were favorably affected by the oil. Soil respiration was also enhanced in the oiled plots. An extended period of study is required to fully evaluate the impact of oil on the soil microflora and the role of these microorganisms in recovery of oil-inundated areas in subarctic ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Prudhoe Bay Subarctic taiga Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting ARCTIC 31 3 |
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This study was conducted on the short-term effects of seasonal spills of hot Prudhoe Bay crude oil on microorganisms in a taiga soil in interior Alaska. Following a winter spill, the filamentous fungal populations were inhibited whereas the heterotrophic bacterial populations were stimulated. After a summer spill there was an initial depression of both the filamentous fungal and bacterial populations followed by a general enhancement. In both oil spill plots, yeasts; along with the denitrifying, proteolytic, oil-utilizing, and cellulose-utilizing microorganisms; were favorably affected by the oil. Soil respiration was also enhanced in the oiled plots. An extended period of study is required to fully evaluate the impact of oil on the soil microflora and the role of these microorganisms in recovery of oil-inundated areas in subarctic ecosystems. |
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Response of Microorganisms to Hot Crude Oil Spills on a Subarctic Taiga Soil |
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Response of Microorganisms to Hot Crude Oil Spills on a Subarctic Taiga Soil |
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Response of Microorganisms to Hot Crude Oil Spills on a Subarctic Taiga Soil |
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Response of Microorganisms to Hot Crude Oil Spills on a Subarctic Taiga Soil |
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Response of Microorganisms to Hot Crude Oil Spills on a Subarctic Taiga Soil |
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response of microorganisms to hot crude oil spills on a subarctic taiga soil |
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ARCTIC; Vol. 31 No. 3 (1978): September: 153–411; 324-338 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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