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Kinetics of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Depuration by Oysters Impacted by the Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill
- Source :
- Fate and Effects of Oil in Marine Ecosystems ISBN: 9789401080989
- Publication Year :
- 1987
- Publisher :
- Springer Netherlands, 1987.
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Abstract
- After oil spills, various species of filter-feeding bivalve molluscs have been shown t o absorb petroleum hydrocarbons from the water column and suspended particulate matter. There have been numerous published studies in which hydrocarbon concentrations in oil exposed bivalves have been measured both in the field and in the laboratory(for reviews see 1,2,3). Given the commercial value of such species as clams, oysters, and mussels, it is important to understand the kinetics of oil depuration from bivalve tissues with the goal of possible salvage of impacted animals and to understand the basic physiological processes involved.
- Subjects :
- chemistry.chemical_classification
animal structures
biology
Environmental engineering
Particulates
biology.organism_classification
chemistry.chemical_compound
Water column
Hydrocarbon
chemistry
Environmental chemistry
Oil spill
Petroleum
Environmental science
Aromatic hydrocarbon
Soft-shell clam
Subjects
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-94-010-8098-9
- ISBNs :
- 9789401080989
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Fate and Effects of Oil in Marine Ecosystems ISBN: 9789401080989
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f1435bed408808e6f6671e26bff5426e