Bioremediation in Marine Oil Spills

EDITION : 1st,2004
PUBLISHER: IMO
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
SKU: E584E
The aim of these guidelines is to provide users with clear criteria to enable them to evaluate the circumstances in which to consider the use of bioremediation for shoreline clean-up. These guidelines are not intended to address the treatment of waste generated oil spills.
They contain a summary of the most important bioremediation processes and decision-making criteria.
The various strategies are discussed and some suggestions as to how to monitor the effectiveness and check for possible adverse consequences of the technique are made. Suggestions for further reading are also provided for readers who wish to study this subject in greater detail.