Toxicity of Orimulsion-400® to early life stages of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) and mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1206-1217

  Boudreau, Monica ^a   Sweezey, Michael J ^a   Lee, Kenneth ^b   Hodson, Peter V ^c   Courtenay, Simon C ^d  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic herring; Morphological development; Mummichog; Orimulsion 400; Spill

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC HERRING; MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; MUMMICHOG; ORIMULSION-400; SPILL;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BIOMARKERS; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; EMULSIFICATION; HEAVY WATER; MEATS; OILS AND FATS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY;

FUEL OILS;

ASPHALT; FUEL OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ABNORMALITY; AERATION; CLUPEOID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; OIL SPILL; PAH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALINITY; TELEOST; TOXICITY;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATLANTIC HERRING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EDEMA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; EMULSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARINE SPECIES; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SPINE MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FUNDULIDAE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 67649239836     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-280.1     Document Type: Article

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