Effects of oil pollution at Kuwait's greater Al-Burgan oil field on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in the tissues of the desert lizard Acanthodactylus scutellatus and their ant prey

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 551-555

  Al Hashem, Mona A ^a   Brain, Paul F ^b   Omar, Samira A ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Acanthodactylus scutellatus; Ants; Deserts; GC MS; Kuwait; Oil pollution; PAHs

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; OIL; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

ANT; BIOACCUMULATION; DESERT; FLUORANTHENE; LIZARD; OIL FIELD; OIL SPILL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; BLOOD LEVEL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; STORAGE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; KUWAIT; LIZARDS; MALE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

ACANTHODACTYLUS SCUTELLATUS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 35348886750     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-007-0161-1     Document Type: Article

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