Effects of the prestige oil spill on the biota of NW Spain. 5 years of learning

Advances in Marine Biology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2010, Pages 365-396

  Penela Arenaz, Milagros ^a   Bellas, Juan ^a   Vázquez, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological impact; Environmental effects; Galicia; IUCN red list; Marine ecosystem; Oil pollution; Prestige oil spill

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RED LIST;

ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [SPAIN]; GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DISASTER; ECOSYSTEM; REVIEW; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DISASTERS; ECOSYSTEM; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 73949109707     PISSN: 00652881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2881(09)56005-1     Document Type: Review

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