Hydrocarbon concentrations in the northern North Sea and effects on fish larvae

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-201

  Stagg, Ronald Michael ^a   McIntosh, Alistair ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7 Ethoxyresorufin O deethylase; EROD; Fish larvae; Hydrocarbons; Marine environment; North Sea; Seawater

Indexed keywords

FISH LARVA; HYDROCARBON;

NORTH SEA;

AMMODYTES; GADIDAE; GADIFORMES;

EID: 0030442358     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05111-X     Document Type: Article

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