Impact of Crude Oil On Carbon Gas and Nitrous Oxide Emissions From a Saline Marsh.

Crude oil contamination of coastal wetlands is common due to occasional oil spills from offshore drilling process and oil leaks from ships. Part of the spilled oil will eventually reaches the shoreline and contaminate the coastal wetlands specifically saline marshes. Hence there is a need to understand how the crude oil contamination affects these wetlands. Measurement of soil respiration will provide the information on how natural incidents such as oils spills affect the biogeochemistry of the soil system.

In this study we have studied the impact of various levels of crude oil on soil respiration and in the presence and absence of nitrate.