Chapter 5 Impacts and Environmental Risks of Oil Spills on Marine Invertebrates, Algae and Seagrass : A Global Review from an Australian Perspective

Chapter 5 Impacts and Environmental Risks of Oil Spills on Marine Invertebrates, Algae and Seagrass : A Global Review from an Australian Perspective

Marine invertebrates and macrophytes are sensitive to the toxic effects of oil. Depending on the intensity, duration and circumstances of the exposure, they can suffer high levels of initial mortality together with prolonged sublethal effects that can act at individual, population and community leve...

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Main Author: Keesing, John K. (auth)
Other Authors: Gartner, Adam (auth), Westera, Mark (auth), Edgar, Graham J. (auth), Myers, Joanne (auth), Hardman-Mountford, Nick J. (auth), Bailey, Mark (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
Subjects:
Marine biology
Oceanography (seas)
Wildlife: aquatic creatures
Environmental science, engineering & technology
oil spills, marine life, marine invertebrates, algae, seagrass, ocean toxicity, marine habitats, Australian marine life, oil spill Australia
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