The Gladstone (Australia) oil spill - Impacts on intertidal areas: Baseline and six months post-spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 263-271

  Melville, Felicity ^a   Andersen, Leonie E ^a   Jolley, Dianne F ^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

CRABHOLES; HEAVY FUEL OIL; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MANGROVES; SEDIMENT;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; FUEL OILS; HYDROCARBONS; MANAGEMENT; METAL RECOVERY; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; OIL SPILLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PORTS AND HARBORS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; FLUORENE; FUEL OIL; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; METAL; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BULK CARRIER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAB; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; HEAVY OIL; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; OIL SPILL; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEEDLING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTAMINATION; DEFOLIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVAPORATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANGROVE; NEW ZEALAND; OIL SPILL; PHOTOOXIDATION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SEEDLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEENSLAND; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GLADSTONE; QUEENSLAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCYLLA;

EID: 59849127192     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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