Gericke, H. and Rheinheimer, Gerhard (1991) Degradation of p-nitrophenol by natural microbial communities from the estuary of the river Elbe. Kieler Meeresforschungen - Sonderheft, 8 . pp. 55-58.

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Abstract

The test compound p-nitrophenol during summer normally is rapidly degraded in the freshwater area of the Elbe river. In contrast, degradation of PNP is decreased significantly during periods of low temperature or low oxygen content. Thus the xenobiotic compound is carried to the North Sea. In estuarine and marine environments the degradation of PNP is diminished step by step towards the open sea and is finally ceased completely, mostly as a result of increasing salinity.

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