Baseline data of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons correlation to size of marine organisms harvested from a war-induced oil spill zone of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 770-777

  Barbour, Elie K ^a   Sabra, Alia H ^a   Shaib, Hussam A ^a   Berckley, Alexander M ^b   Farajalla, Nadim S ^a   Zurayk, Rami A ^a   Kassaify, Zeina G ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b West Town School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OIL SPILL; PAH; SIZE EFFECT; WAR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MARINE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; OYSTER; SIGANUS RIVULATUS; WAR;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTREIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SMEGMAMORPHA; WAR; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 41349112471     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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