TOXICITY OF OIL-SPILL REMOVERS (DETERGENTS) TO MARINE LIFE - AN ASSESSMENT USING INTERTIDAL BARNACLE ELMINIUS MODESTUS

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CORNER, EDS
SOUTHWARD, AJ
SOUTHWARD, EC
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10.1017/S0025315400032409
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Q17 [水生生物学];
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The oil-spill removers BP 1002, Gamlen, Slipclean and Dasic have been tested for toxicity using the barnacle Elminius modestus Darwin. All four substances were more toxic than the laboratory detergent Teepol-L, and Kuwait crude oil. BP 1002 was the most toxic of the oil-spill removers, and Dasic the least, but all were poisonous at concentrations between 2 and 10 ppm. © 1968, Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. All rights reserved.
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