Sensitivity of fish embryos to weathered crude oil: Part I. Low-level exposure during incubation causes malformations, genetic damage, and mortality in larval pacific herring (Clupea pallasi)

G. Carls, Mark; D. Rice, Stanley; Ellen Hose, Jo

doi:10.1002/etc.5620180317

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Sensitivity of fish embryos to weathered crude oil: Part I. Low-level exposure during incubation causes malformations, genetic damage, and mortality in larval pacific herring (Clupea pallasi)

Published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry • Mar 1, 1999

Authors:

Mark G. Carls

Stanley D. Rice

Jo Ellen Hose

Abstract

Abstract Pacific herring eggs were exposed for 16 d to weathered Alaska North Slope crude oil. Exposure to an initial aqueous concentration of 0.7 parts per billion (ppb) polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) caused malformations, genetic damage, mortality, and decreased size and inhibited swimmi...

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Pacific herring

Herring

Larva

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