Histopathologic and Biochemical Responses in Arctic Marine Bivalve Molluscs Exposed to Experimentally Spilled Oil

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Neff, Jerry M., Hillman, Robert E., Carr, R. Scott, Buhl, Rosanna L., Lahey, Joanne I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Animal diseases; Biochemistry; Canada. Baffin Island Oil Spill Project; Environmental impacts; Hydrocarbons; Marine oil spills; Mollusks; Oil spill dispersants; Hatt; Cape; waters; Nunavut; Ragged Channel; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Noire; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64870

Following two experimental spills of chemically dispersed and undispersed crude oil in shallow bays on the northwest coast of Baffin Island, Canadian Arctic, the bivalve molluscs Mya truncata and Macoma calcarea accumulated significant amounts of petroleum hydrocarbons in bays receiving dispersed oi...