An assessment of an oil spill in Gladstone, Australia : impacts on intertidal areas at one month post-spill

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An assessment of an oil spill in Gladstone, Australia : impacts on intertidal areas at one month post-spill

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In January 2006, 25 tonnes of heavy fuel oil spilled into the Port of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia, from the breached hull of a bulk carrier ship. Over the following days, approximately 18 tonnes of the oil was recovered, however a certain amount of oil was deposited in the intertidal areas of Port Curtis leaving a highly visible, viscous residue. The objectives of this research were to assess the immediate impacts on the intertidal habitat and to gain baseline information for future co...

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06 Dec, 2017

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Leonie Andersen / Felicity Melville / D Jolley

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Heavy fuel oil / Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons / Sediment / Mangroves / Crabholes / Macroinvertebrates / Invertebrate Biology / Aquatic Ecosystem Studies and Stock Assessment / Invertebrate biology / Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment

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