An assessment of potential oil spill damage to salt marsh habitats and fishery resources in Galveston Bay, Texas

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1148-1160

  Rozas, Lawrence P ^a   Minello, Thomas J ^a   Henry, Charles B ^b  

^a NOAA Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic infauna; Estuary; Fisheries; Nekton; Salt marsh; Sediment hydrocarbon concentration

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; FISH; FISHING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; UNITED STATES; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 0033623058     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(00)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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