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Oil Dispersants Deadly to a Common Estuary Species
Author(s) -
Brendan Bane
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo042227
Subject(s) - estuary , dispersant , oil spill , harm , fishery , habitat , environmental science , crude oil , shrimp , environmental engineering , petroleum engineering , ecology , biology , engineering , law , political science , physics , optics , dispersion (optics)
Research on two dispersants used to break up spilled oil suggests that the chemicals can kill or harm a widely–found shrimp important to estuary habitats. The toxicity increases in less salty water.

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