The effects of the Sea Empress oil spill on the plankton of the southern Irish Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 764-774

  Batten, S D ^a   Allen, R J S ^a   Wotton, C O M ^a  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; CPR; Oil spill; Plankton; Sea Empress

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; OIL SPILL; PLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BARNACLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; OIL SPILL; PLANKTON; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES; TIME; ZOOPLANKTON;

IRISH SEA;

THORACICA;

EID: 0032192229     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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