Toxicity of weathered Exxon Valdez crude oil to pink salmon embryos

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 962-972

  Brannon, Ernest L ^a   Collins, Keya M ^a   Brown, John S ^b   Neff, Jerry M ^c   Parker, Keith R ^d   Stubblefield, William A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Data Analysis Group   (United States)

^e Parametrix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Exxon Valdez; Oil spill; Pink salmon eggs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FISHERIES; OIL SPILLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

DISPERSED OIL DROPLETS; EXXON VALDEZ; PINK SALMON;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; OIL;

CRUDE OIL; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MORTALITY; OIL SPILL; PAH; SALMONID; STREAM; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PINK SALMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; AUKE BAY; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL OILS; MALE; OVUM; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SALMON; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33746918019     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-129R1.1     Document Type: Article

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