Medium-term assessment of the effects of the Prestige oil spill on estuarine benthic communities in Cantabria (Northern Spain, Bay of Biscay)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-495

  Puente, A ^a   Juanes, J A ^a   Calderon G ^a   Echavarri Erasun, B ^b   Garcia A ^b   Garcia Castrillo G ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b Scientific Association of Marine Studies   (Spain)

^c Government of Cantabria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Cantabria; Estuaries; Impact assessment; Prestige oil spill; Spain

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES; CANTABRIA; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRESTIGE OIL SPILL; SPAIN;

OIL SPILLS;

ESTUARIES;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA POLLUTION; SPAIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; INVERTEBRATES; PETROLEUM; POPULATION DENSITY; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 63549144187     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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