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Response of marine animals to petroleum and specific petroleum hydrocarbons

by Jerry M. Neff

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Result of extensive field and laboratory research dealing with the toxicity and sublethal biological effects of petroleum and specific petroleum hydrocarbons to marine organisms. Summarizes the major results of this research and discusses them in relation to major published information on the subject from other laboratories.

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