Assessment of Jessica oil spill impacts on intertidal invertebrate communities

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1377-1384

  Gelin, Agnès ^a,b   Gravez, Vincent ^a,c   Edgar, Graham J ^a,d  

^a Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c GIS Posidonie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; OIL SPILLS;

OIL DEPOSITS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FAUNA; INTERTIDAL ZONE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEASHORE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TIDE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242607783     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00368-0     Document Type: Article

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