Lethal and Sublethal Effects of the Water-Soluble Fraction of Cook Inlet Crude Oil on Pacific Herring (Clupea harengus pallasi) Reproduction

摘要

The objectives of the study was to determine the median concentration of Cook Inlet crude oil Water Soluble Fraction that would kill 50% of prespawning adult Pacific herring exposed (LC50); the uptake and depuration of aromatic hydrocarbons in gonads, liver, and muscle of mature herring.