Open AccessTOXICITY OF DISPERSANT, OIL, AND DISPERSED OIL TO TWO MARINE ORGANISMS
Author(s) -
Ismail Gulec,
D.A. Holdway
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international oil spill conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-3366
pISSN - 2169-3358
DOI - 10.7901/2169-3358-1997-1-1010
Subject(s) - bioassay , dispersant , toxicity , acute toxicity , toxicology , chemistry , environmental chemistry , biology , ecology , dispersion (optics) , physics , optics , organic chemistry
Acute lethal bioassays using semistatic conditions were conducted to assess the toxicity of crude oil, dispersant, and dispersed oil using the amphipod Allorchestes compressa as a test species. Sublethal bioassays (suppression of burying behavior over 24 hours of exposure) were conducted for these toxicants using the marine sand snail Polinices conicus. Both lethal and sublethal bioassays were also carried out for two reference toxicants: sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and zinc sulphate.
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