Bioaccumulation and histopathological effects of oil on a stony coral |
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| Authors: | Esther C Peters Philip A Meyers Paul P Yevich Norman J Blake |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA;2. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA;3. Environmental Research Laboratory, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA |
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| Abstract: | Colonies of the shallow-water Caribbean coral Manicina areolata incorporated petroleum hydrocarbons into their tissues during exposure to water accommodated fractions of No. 2 fuel oil for three months. This contamination was not removed after depuration periods of up to two weeks. Although these corals remained alive, evidence of pathological responses was found which included impaired development of reproductive tissues, degeneration and loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae, and atrophy of mucous secretory cells and muscle bundles. |
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