Comparative toxicity of two oil dispersants, superdispersant-25 and corexit 9527, to a range of coastal species

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1219-1227

  Scarlett, Alan ^a   Galloway, Tamara S ^a   Canty, Martin ^a   Smith, Emma L ^a   Nilsson, Johanna ^a   Rowland, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anemonia viridis; Corophium volutator; Dispersants; Mytilus edulis; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DATA REDUCTION; OILS AND FATS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANEMONE LETHALITY TEST; MARINE SPECIES; OIL DISPERSANT;

DISPERSIONS;

COREXIT 9527; OIL DISPERSANT; SUPERDISPERSANT 25; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSANT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; FEEDING; LC 50; LETHALITY; MUSSEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEA ANEMONE; SEAGRASS;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIPIDS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OILS; RESPIRATION; SEAWATER; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIPODA; ANEMONE; ANEMONIA VIRIDIS; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; HALOPHILA; MYTILUS EDULIS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 18244368225     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-334R.1     Document Type: Article

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