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A Comparison Between the Toxicity of Produced Oil and Gas Condensate Using a New Sediment Bioassay for Deposited Oil

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Between 1981 and 1986, the effects of oil pollution and the applicability of different oil spill combat methods in intertidal coastal waters were studied in large scale (20m2) experimental intertidal mesocosms (“OPEX”- project Kuiper et al., 1983; Kuiper et al., 1986; Scholten et al., 1987). In these experiments North Sea oil (Forties) and fuel oil were tested, in various dosages. The most obvious effects were due to deposition of oil at the sediments during low tide. Small ostracods, together with the amphipods (mudshrimps and scuds) appeared to be the most sensitive species regarding oil pollution, followed by planktonic copepods, benthic bivalves (cockles and balthic tellins) and polychaete worms (Heteromastes sp. and Capitella sp.). The ranking of sensitivity of the exposed benthic species was not related to the oil type used. Moreover, the effect was clearly related to the dosage in ml.m-2.

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  1. TNO Institute of Environmental Sciences Energy Research and Process Innovation and Department of Ecological Risk Studies, P.O. Box 57, 1780 AB, Den Helder, The Netherlands

    E. M. Foekema, H. P. M. Schobben & M. C. Th. Scholten

  2. The Netherlands Oil Company (NAM), P.O. Box 28000, 9400 HH, Assen, The Netherlands

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  1. IKU Petroleum Research, Trondheim, Norway

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  2. STATOIL Research and Development Centre, Trondheim, Norway

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Foekema, E.M., Schobben, H.P.M., Marquenie, J., Scholten, M.C.T. (1996). A Comparison Between the Toxicity of Produced Oil and Gas Condensate Using a New Sediment Bioassay for Deposited Oil. In: Reed, M., Johnsen, S. (eds) Produced Water 2. Environmental Science Research, vol 52. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0379-4_7

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