Contamination of fish and shellfish following oil spill incidents

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 90-98

  Law, Robin J ^a   Hellou, Jocelyne ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; Crude oil; Depuration; Fish and shellfish; Fisheries management; PAHs; Spills; Tainting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003147289     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0984.1999.08039.x     Document Type: Article

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