Toxicity of third generation dispersants and dispersed Egyptian crude oil on Red Sea coral larvae

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 497-503

  Epstein, N ^a,b   Bak, R P M ^b,c   Rinkevich, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Eilat; Heteroxenia fuscescense; Oil dispersants; Planula larvae; Stylophora pistillata

Indexed keywords

OIL DISPERSANT; PETROLEUM;

CORAL; CRUDE OIL; DISPERSANT; LARVA; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; REMEDIATION; TOXICITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL;

RED SEA;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; HETEROXENIA; SCLERACTINIA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 0034210998     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00232-5     Document Type: Article

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