Mussels document loss of bioavailable polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the return to baseline conditions for oiled shorelines in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 422-436

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

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Exxon Valdez; Kinetics; Mussels; PAH

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARINE ENGINEERING; OIL SPILLS; SEDIMENTS;

EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL (EVOS); MUSSELS; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA; TRENDS MUSSEL WATCH PROGRAM;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMONITORING; BIVALVE; OIL SPILL; PAH;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALF-LIFE; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SHIPS;

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

MYTILUS TROSSULUS;

EID: 19644368775     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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