A guide to toxicity assessment and monitoring effects at lower levels of biological organization following marine oil spills in European waters

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1105-1118

  Martinez Gomez C ^a   Vethaak, A D ^b,c   Hylland, K ^d,e   Burgeot, T ^f   Kohler A ^g   Lyons, B P ^h   Thain, J ^h   Gubbins, M J ⁱ   Davies, I M ⁱ  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f IFREMER   (France)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioassays; biological effects; biomarkers; oil spill; PAH; petroleum; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FISH; GUIDELINE; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILL; OIL SPILL RESPONSE; PAH; PETROLEUM; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955892293     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq017     Document Type: Article

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