Spills of fuel oil #6 and Orimulsion can have indistinguishable effects on the benthic meiofauna

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-55

  Suderman, Keith ^a   Thistle, David ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel oil 6; Harpacticoid copepods; Microcosm; Nematodes; Orimulsion

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COATINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; HYDROCARBONS;

ORIMULSIONS;

FUEL OILS;

FUEL; HYDROCARBON;

BENTHOS; MEIOFAUNA; MICROCOSM; OIL SPILL; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; ECOLOGY; FERTILITY; MEIOFAUNA; MICROCOSM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; ECOSYSTEM; FUEL OILS; HYDROCARBONS; NEMATODA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037208148     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00235-7     Document Type: Article

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