Monitoring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollution in the marine environment after the Prestige oil spill by means of seabird blood analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 707-713

  Pérez, Cristóbal ^a   Velando, Alberto ^a   Munilla, Ignacio ^a   López Alonso, Marta ^b   Daniel, Oro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Universidade de Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEABIRD BLOOD ANALYSIS;

BIOMARKERS; BREEDING BLANKETS; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MONITORING; OIL SPILLS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B,J]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; OIL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKERS; BREEDING BLANKETS; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MONITORING; OIL SPILLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; BREEDING SEASON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OIL SPILL; PAH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD LEVEL; BREEDING; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEABIRD;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELLS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OILS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 38949144702     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071835d     Document Type: Article

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