Potent phototoxicity of marine bunker oil to translucent herring embryos after prolonged weathering.

Potent phototoxicity of marine bunker oil to translucent herring embryos after prolonged weathering.

Pacific herring embryos (Clupea pallasi) spawned three months following the Cosco Busan bunker oil spill in San Francisco Bay showed high rates of late embryonic mortality in the intertidal zone at oiled sites. Dead embryos developed to the hatching stage (e.g. fully pigmented eyes) before suffering...

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Main Authors: John P Incardona, Carol A Vines, Tiffany L Linbo, Mark S Myers, Catherine A Sloan, Bernadita F Anulacion, Daryle Boyd, Tracy K Collier, Steven Morgan, Gary N Cherr, Nathaniel L Scholz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3270018?pdf=render

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