Variations in benthic fauna underneath an effluent mixing zone at a marine oil terminal in Port Valdez, Alaska

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1583-1589

  Blanchard, Arny L ^a   Feder, Howard M ^a   Shaw, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axinopsida; Disturbance; Galathowenia; Hydrocarbons; Infauna; Melinna; Port Valdez, Alaska

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; MIXING; OIL TERMINALS; SEDIMENTS;

BALLAST WATERS; BENTHIC FAUNA; TOTAL AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (TARO);

MARINE POLLUTION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; EFFLUENT; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WORM;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PORT VALDEZ; UNITED STATES;

AXINOPSIDA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; GALATHOWENIA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0344393527     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00324-2     Document Type: Article

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