Embryotoxicity of mixtures of weathered crude oil collected from the Gulf of Mexico and Corexit 9500 in mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-159

  Finch, Bryson E ^a   Wooten, Kimberly J ^a   Faust, Derek R ^a   Smith, Philip N ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corexit 9500; Crude oil; Dispersant; Embryotoxicity; Gulf of mexico; Mallard duck

Indexed keywords

COREXIT 9500; DISPERSANTS; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GULF OF MEXICO; MALLARD DUCK;

BIODEGRADATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MIXTURES; OIL SPILLS; TOXICITY;

CRUDE OIL;

COREXIT 9500; DISPERSANT; PETROLEUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRUDE OIL; DEGRADATION; DISPERSANT; EGGSHELL; EMBRYO; HATCHING; NESTING; OIL SPILL; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATERFOWL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ARTICLE; BIRDS BY NESTING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EGG; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GULF OF MEXICO; HATCHLING; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN SIZE; SUMMER; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LIPIDS; OVUM; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES;

EID: 84860659357     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.070     Document Type: Article

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