Characterization of mussel beds with residual oil and the risk to foraging wildlife 4 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1289-1303

  Boehm, Paul D ^a   Mankiewicz, Paul J ^b   Hartung, Rolf ^c   Neff, Jerry M ^d   Page, David S ^e   Gilfillan, Edward S ^e   O'Reilly, James E ^b   Parker, Keith R ^f  

^a Arthur D Little   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^f Data Analysis Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Exxon Valdez; Mytilus; PAH; Petroleum; Sublethal

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIRD; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; WILDLIFE;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; AVES; ENHYDRA; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; HISTRIONICUS; MYTILUS;

EID: 0029834593     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620150806     Document Type: Article

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