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Metabolic effects and hydrocarbon fate in arctic bivalves exposed to dispersed petroleum
- Source :
- Marine Environmental Research. 17:245-249
- Publication Year :
- 1985
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1985.
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Abstract
- A number of experiments were carried out in the Canadian Arctic on Baffin Island with the purpose of defining the short- and long-term effects of exposure to dispersed crude oil on marine benthic invertebrates. The study reported here assessed metabolic responses by physiological and biochemical indices, and evaluated these in relation to exposure concentration. The overall objective of the study was to evaluate the potential for long-term survival of benthic communities in the Arctic following an oil spill. This objective was consistent with the goals of the larger Baffin Island Oil Spill (BIOS) program, which was implemented to evaluate the relative mitigating effectiveness of chemical dispersants, as compared to conventional oil spill counter-measures.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
Ecology
General Medicine
Aquatic Science
Oceanography
BIOS
computer.software_genre
Pollution
Dispersant
chemistry.chemical_compound
Hydrocarbon
Arctic
chemistry
Benthic zone
Environmental chemistry
Metabolic effects
Environmental science
Petroleum
computer
geographic locations
Invertebrate
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01411136
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Marine Environmental Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9c592819a1e934bc63a87a677d935d21