Simple test guidelines for screening oilspill sorbents for toxicity

摘要

A variety of commerical sorbents available loose, as sheets, or in socks were obtained in order to generate simple test guidelines for screening sorbent toxicity. Three test s pecies were evaluated or suitability. Threesine stickleback acute lethality tests (saltwater) were not as sensitive an indicator of sorbent toxicity as the rainbow trout acute lethoality tests (freshweater) and sea ruchin fertilization assays (saltwarer). Sea urchin fertilization assays and rainbow trough acute lethality tests were recommended for futre testing.