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Response of meiofauna to petroleum hydrocarbon of three fuel oils

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Title Response of meiofauna to petroleum hydrocarbon of three fuel oils
 
Creator Ansari, Z.A.
Farshchi, P.
Badesab, S.
 
Subject meiobenthos
meiofauna
petroleum hydrocarbons
pollution tolerance
 
Description Oil spills are recurrent problem in marine system. Effects of oil pollution are many. The present paper evaluates the effect of Petroleum Hydrocarbon of three fuel oils on metazoan meiofauna. The results suggest significant variations in the toxic effect of three oils used. The meiofauna responded differently to crude oil, diesel and kerosene. The fauna reduced significantly (p diesel > crude oil
 
Date 2010-09-01T07:28:05Z
2010-09-01T07:28:05Z
2010
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Proceeding of National Academy of Sciences, India. India (B: Biol. Sci.), vol.80(Pt. 2); 138-143
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3701
 
Language en
 
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Publisher National Academy of Sciences, India