Baseline data of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons correlation to size of marine organisms harvested from a war-induced oil spill zone of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Mar Pollut Bull. 2008 Apr;56(4):770-7. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.013. Epub 2008 Mar 4.

Authors

Elie K Barbour¹, Alia H Sabra, Hussam A Shaib, Alexander M Berckley, Nadim S Farajalla, Rami A Zurayk, Zeina G Kassaify

Affiliation

¹ Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences (FAFS), American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon. eb01@aub.edu.lb

PMID: 18313084
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.01.013

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Body Size* / drug effects
Body Weight
Data Collection
Disasters*
Environmental Monitoring*
Mediterranean Sea
Muscle, Skeletal / chemistry
Ostreidae / chemistry
Ostreidae / metabolism
Perciformes / metabolism
Petroleum / analysis*
Petroleum / poisoning
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / analysis*
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / poisoning
Smegmamorpha / metabolism
Warfare*
Water Pollutants, Chemical / analysis*
Water Pollutants, Chemical / poisoning

Substances

Petroleum
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Water Pollutants, Chemical