The Braer oil spill - Hydrocarbon concentrations in intertidal organisms

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 486-492

  Glegg, G A ^a   Rowland, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; TOLUENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FILTRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ION MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEASHORE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029931393     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-326X(96)84965-4     Document Type: Article

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