Assessment of the toxicity of sediment and seawater polluted by the Prestige fuel spill using bioassays with clams (Venerupis pullastra, Tappes decussatus and Venerupis rhomboideus) and the microalga Skeletonema costatum;Evaluación de la toxicidad de sedimento y agua de mar contaminados por el vertido de fuel del Prestige, mediante el uso de bioensayos con las almejas Venerupis pullastra, Tappes decussatus y Venerupis rhomboideus y la microalga Skeletonema costatum

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-122

  Marino Balsa, J C ^a   Perez P ^a   Estevez Blanco P ^a   Saco Alvarez L ^a   Fernandez E ^a   Beiras, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Clams; Fuel; Microalgae; Pretige

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROALGA; MOLLUSC; OIL SPILL;

(NORTHEAST); ATLANTIC OCEAN; GALICIA; SPAIN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; TAPES DECUSSATUS; TAPES RHOMBOIDES; VENERIDAE; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS; VENERUPIS PULLASTRA; VENERUPIS RHOMBOIDES; VENERUPIS RHOMBOIDEUS;

EID: 0037360590     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v29i1.128     Document Type: Article

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