Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in commercial fish and lobsters from the coastal waters of Madagascar following an oil spill in August 2009

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2859-2862

  Rumney, Heather S ^a   Laruelle, Franck ^b   Potter, Kerry ^a   Mellor, Philip K ^a   Law, Robin J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial fish; Lobster; Madagascar; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO [A] PYRENE; COASTAL WATERS; COMMERCIAL FISH; HUMAN HEALTH; LOBSTER; MADAGASCAR; MULTISOURCES; OIL SOURCES; PETROGENIC; PETROGENIC CONTAMINATION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY; WET WEIGHT;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIZATION; OIL SPILLS; OIL WELLS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SHELLFISH;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOTA; COASTAL ZONE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LOBSTER; OIL SPILL; PAH;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; LOBSTER; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MADAGASCAR; PALINURIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MADAGASCAR;

LOBSTER;

EID: 81855170251     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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