An assessment of an oil spill in Gladstone, Australia - Impacts on intertidal areas at one month post-spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 6-12, 2008, Pages 607-615

  Andersen, L E ^a   Melville, F ^a   Jolley, D ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crabholes; Heavy fuel oil; Macroinvertebrates; Mangroves; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN HABITATS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SHIPS;

CRABHOLES; HEAVY FUEL OIL; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MANGROVES;

OIL SPILLS;

CORONENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FUEL OIL; NAPHTHALENE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAB; FUEL; HEAVY OIL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MACROBENTHOS; OIL SPILL; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; MANGROVE; MICROINVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRACHYURA; DISASTERS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEENSLAND; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GLADSTONE; NEW ZEALAND; QUEENSLAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 45549110284     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.023     Document Type: Article

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