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Salt marsh sediment characteristics, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, 2011.

Authors: Kewei Yu
Published On: Oct 23 2015 20:49 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N7G73BNZ
UDI: Y1.x074.000:0001
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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium (MESC)

Research Group:
Exploring the Mechanisms of Nitrate-aided Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon under Anaerobic Conditions

Point of Contact

Kewei Yu
Troy University / Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
kyu@troy.edu

Data Collection Period
2011-05-01
to
2011-05-01
Theme keywords

texture, metals, nutrients

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Abstract:

Major physical and chemical characteristics of the sample

Suggested Citation:

Kewei Yu. 2015. Salt marsh sediment characteristics, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, 2011.. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7G73BNZ

Purpose:

Sample for benzene degradation experiment

Data Parameters and Units:

* Sample Information: GPS latitude (degrees minutes), GPS longitude (degrees minutes), Total Carbon (%), Total Nitrogen (%), pH, Eh soil redox potential at pH 7 (mV) * Texture: Sand (%), Silt (%), Clay (%) * Metals and Nutrients: Dry Sediment Analysis classification [Aluminum, Arsenic, Boron, Barium, Beryllium, Calcium, Cadmium, Cobolt, Chromium, Copper, Iron, Potassium, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Sodium, Nickel, Phosphorus, Lead, Sulfur, Antimony, Selenium, Silicon, Tin, Thallium, Vanadium, Yttrium, Zinc] and concentration (mg/kg), Sediment pore water analysis classification [Nitrate, Nitrite, Chloride, Fluoride, Sulfate, Phosphate] and concentration (mg/Liter)

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