Comment on "toxicity and mutagenicity of gulf of mexico waters during and after the deepwater horizon oil spill"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3591-3592

  Prince, Roger C ^a   Parkerton, Thomas F ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONYLPHENOL; SURFACE WATER; HYDROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GULF OF MEXICO; MUTAGENICITY; NOTE; OIL SPILL; TOXICITY TESTING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84898931730     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404846b     Document Type: Note

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