Biodegradation and Persistence

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Beek, B. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Reactions and Processes, 2 / 2K
• Subjects: Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Environmental pollution.; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Climate Change.; Environmental Management.

Biodegradation is a key phenomenon among environmental processes. Low degradation rates lead to the persistance of chemicals in the environment and, as a consequence, to delayed or long-term effects, which may be even unknown by now. The persistance of these xenobiotics has become of a great public...