Crude oil plus dispersant: Always a boon or bane?

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-202

  Otitoloju, Adebayo Akeem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Dispersant; Joint action; Mixture toxicity; Spill control

Indexed keywords

OIL DISPERSANT; PETROLEUM;

CRUDE OIL; CRUSTACEAN; DISPERSANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LC 50; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; SHRIMP; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PALAEMONIDAE; PETROLEUM; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM VOLLENHOVENII;

EID: 8844246498     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2003.12.021     Document Type: Article

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