Hydrocarbon composition and toxicity of sediments following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1438-1450

  Page, David S ^a   Boehm, Paul D ^b   Stubblefield, William A ^c   Parker, Keith R ^d   Gilfillan, Edward S ^a   Neff, Jerry M ^b   Maki, Alan W ^e  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ENSR Consulting and Engineering Fort Collins   (United States)

^d Data Analysis Group   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exxon Valdez; Oil weathering; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment toxicity; Triad study

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; HYDROCARBONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY;

TOXICITY;

CHRYSENE; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HYDROCARBON; OIL SPILL; PAH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE; LC 50; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WEATHERING; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOLOGY; LD 50; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALASKA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ANIMALS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035985125     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620210715     Document Type: Article

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