Assessment of a No-Effect Concentration of Oil in Thermally Treated OBM DrillCuttings for Marine Benthos; Ecotoxicity

摘要

The report describes the results of research on the possible effects ofdischarges of thermally treated cuttings on a North Sea macrobenthic community. Since not questioned, but the effect of the resulting oil concentrations in the sediment, a complementary amount of uncontaminated material was added to the lower doses to standardize the total amount of material dosed. Biological effects are described in terms of observed lethal and sublethal effects in test animals and estimated mortality rates among natural infauna species. (Copyright (c) 1992 Netherlands Institute for Sea Research.)