Bioaccumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons in arctic amphipods in the oil development area of the Alaskan beaufort sea

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-319

  Neff, Jerry M ^a   Durell, Gregory S ^b  

^a Neff and Associates LLC   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pristane; Steranes; Triterpanes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OIL AND GAS FIELD; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALASKA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84863834294     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1247     Document Type: Article

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