Amphipods are good bioindicators of the impact of oil spills on soft-bottom macrobenthic communities

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1017-1027

  Gesteira, J L Gomez ^a   Dauvin, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Amoco Cadiz; Amphipods; Bioindicators; Oil; Polychaetes

Indexed keywords

OIL;

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; OIL SPILL; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

AMPELISCA; AMPHIPODA; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0033622514     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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