Oil spill dispersant toxicity to fish and molluscs

2024/12/30 by BELKHIR, Moheiddine, HADJ ALI, Mohamed
#Aphanius fasciatus #Atherina hepsetus #Marine #Mytilus galloprovincialis #Tapes decussatus #dispersants #lethal effects #marine fish #marine mollusks #toxicity tests

paper · doi:10.71754/instm.bulletin.v13.1066

Abstract

The procedure is described for a toxicity test of an oil dispersant (Dispolene 325) using fish (Mugil ramada, atherina hepsetus and Aphanius fasciatus ) and molluscs (Mytilus galloprovincialis and Tapes decussatus ). Findings show the dispersant to be very toxic even at low concentrations; the most resistant species shows a complete mortality in a few minutes.

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