Contamination of limpets (Patella vulgata) following the Sea Empress oil spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Glegg, G A ^a   Hickman, L ^a   Rowland, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fingerprinting; Oil spill; Patella vulgata; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Sea Empress

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; MOLLUSC; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CRUSTACEA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; PATELLA VULGATA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 0033083567     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00105-2     Document Type: Article

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