Metamorphosis of Heteroxenia fuscescens planulae (cnidaria: octocorallia) is inhibited by crude oil: A novel short term toxicity bioassay

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 295-302

  Kushmaro, A ^a   Henning, G ^b   Hofmann, D K ^b   Benayahu, Y ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING;

METAMORPHOSIS; OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION INDICATORS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HETEROXENIA; HETEROXENIA FUSCESCENS;

EID: 0030620655     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(96)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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