The acute and chronic toxicity of the dispersants Corexit 9527 and 9500, water accommodated fraction (WAF) of crude oil, and dispersant enhanced WAF (DEWAF) to Hydra viridissima (green hydra)

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 343-348

  Mitchell, Fiona M ^a   Holdway, Douglas A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersant; Hydra; Oil; Toxicity; Water accommodated fraction

Indexed keywords

DISPERSANT; PETROLEUM;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COELENTERATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HYDRA VIRIDISSIMA; COELENTERATA; HYDRA; HYDRA VIRIDIS;

BIOMARKERS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HYDROCARBONS; OIL SPILLS; TOXICITY;

TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS (TPH); WATER ACCOMMODATED FRACTIONS (WAF);

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0033622706     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00144-X     Document Type: Article

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