Effects of acute exposure to heavy fuel oil from the Prestige spill on a seabird

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^a   Pérez, Cristobal ^b   Velando, Alberto ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glucose; Heavy fuel oil ingestion; Larus michahellis; Liver damage; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Prestige oil spill; Yellow legged gulls

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; FUEL OIL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHATE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; VEGETABLE OIL;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; OIL SPILL; PAH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

LARUS MICHAHELLIS;

ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY SIZE; CALCIUM; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FUEL OILS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MALE; PHOSPHATES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REPRODUCTION; URIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34447621930     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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