Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon levels in mussels from Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, document the return to baseline conditions

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2916-2929

  Boehm, Paul D ^a   Page, David S ^b   Brown, John S ^a   Neff, Jerry M ^c   Burns, William A ^d  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d W A Burns Consulting Services LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline; Bioavailability; Exxon Valdez; Mytilus trossulus; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NAPHTHALENE; OIL SPILLS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; INTERTIDAL FORAGERS; MUSSELS; SUBSURFACE OIL RESIDUES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

NAPHTHALENE; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOAVAILABILITY; MOLLUSC; OIL SPILL; PAH;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; GEOMETRY; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ACCIDENTS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 10044255237     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-514.1     Document Type: Article

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