Assessment of hydrocarbons concentration in marine fauna due to Tasman Spirit oil spill along the Clifton beach at Karachi coast

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 139-148

  Siddiqi, Hina A ^a   Ansari, Fayyaz A ^a   Munshi, Alia B ^a  

^a PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fish shellfish; Gas chromatography; Oil spill; PAHs

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FISHERIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; LANDFORMS; MARINE POLLUTION; NAPHTHALENE; OIL SPILLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; CRUDE OILS; FISH/SHELLFISH; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE FAUNAS; MARINE LIVES; PAHS; PERYLENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; 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; PYRENE; SEA WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUDE OIL; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NAPHTHALENE; OIL SPILL; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SHELLFISH; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PISCICULTURE; SEA POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; CRUSTACEA; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PAKISTAN; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES;

EID: 58049154916     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0145-x     Document Type: Article

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