Bioremediating Oil Spills in Nutrient Poor Ocean Waters Using Fertilized Clay Mineral Flakes: Some Experimental Constraints

Table 3

Summary of the hydrocarbon analyses by GC/MS showing the totals (mg/kg) of alkane and PAH contents, as well as totals (mg/kg) of BaP-TEQ and MEQ-TEQ indicators.

	(0)	(1)	(2)	(3)
	Original source	Gulf coast water	Gulf coast water	Gulf coast water
	Oil∗	Oil	Oil + fertilizer	Oil + fertilized clay
Total alkanes (mg/kg)	6422.0	1123.7	267.4	130.0
Total PAH (mg/kg)	216.0	122.0	101.5	126.5
Total BaP-TEQ (mg/kg)	2.8	1.3	1.9	1.8
Total BaP-MEQ (mg/kg)	2.0	1.2	1.1	1.5

∗Average of 2 sample analyses.