Toxicology of oil-spill cleanup agents. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6652631

Tjeerdema, R S; Singer, M M; Scelfo, G M; Smalheer, D L; Swall, L M

The report describes both advanced analytical and biochemical techniques for use with surfactant-based oil spill cleanup agents. It also presents novel aquatic toxicity testing procedures, as well as the results from toxicity testing with the sensitive early life stages of diverse marine organisms. In addition, it describes the metabolic fate, including both tissue and temperature dependence, of a representative surfactant in a marine invertebrate. Finally, it delineates the in vitro effects of surfactant-based oil spill cleanup agents in both marine birds and mammals.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Santa Cruz, CA (USA). Inst. of Marine Sciences
• OSTI ID: 6652631
• Report Number(s): PB-90-250267/XAB; UCSC/IMS-90/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
OIL SPILLS
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CLEANING
SURFACTANTS
TOXICITY
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIRDS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
INVERTEBRATES
MAMMALS
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PROGRESS REPORT
SPECTROSCOPY
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TESTING
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ANIMALS
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DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOSYSTEMS
POLLUTION CONTROL
SEPARATION PROCESSES
VERTEBRATES
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