Fate of a new silicone-based oil-treating agent and its effects on marine microbial communities

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 819-827

  Padrós, Jaime ^a   Pelletier, Émilien ^b   Siron, Robert ^b   Delille, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicologic assessment; Microbial communities; Oil spills; Silicone; Treating agents

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM; SEA WATER; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; VOLATILIZATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032972417     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620180503     Document Type: Article

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