Sublethal toxicity of the Prestige oil spill on yellow-legged gulls

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 773-781

  Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^a   Munilla, Ignacio ^b   López Alonso, Marta ^c   Velando, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AST; Before after control impact sampling; Body mass; Hematocrit; Liver damage; Plasma biochemistry; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Prestige oil spill; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; OCEAN HABITATS; OIL SPILLS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BODY MASS; LIVER DAMAGE; PLASMA BIOCHEMISTRY;

TOXICITY;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ELECTROLYTE; ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHATE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROTEIN;

ADULT; BLOOD; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING POPULATION; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; JUVENILE; OIL SPILL; PAH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; HEMATOCRIT; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA GULL; SEABIRD; SPAIN; TOXICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; CRUSTACEA; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; PISCES;

EID: 34250754455     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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