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Acute ecotoxicology of natural oil and gas condensate to coral reef larvae

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, February 2016
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Title
Acute ecotoxicology of natural oil and gas condensate to coral reef larvae
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Scientific Reports, February 2016
DOI 10.1038/srep21153
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Authors

Andrew P. Negri, Diane L. Brinkman, Florita Flores, Emmanuelle S. Botté, Ross J. Jones, Nicole S. Webster

Abstract

Risks posed by oil spills to coral reefs are difficult to evaluate, partially due to the absence of studies that adequately assess toxicity to relevant coral reef species. Here we experimentally tested the acute toxicity of condensate, representing a fraction of light crude oil, to coral (Acropora tenuis) and sponge (Rhopaloeides odorabile) larvae. The metamorphosis of coral larvae was inhibited at total petroleum aromatic hydrocarbon (TPAH) concentrations of water accommodated fractions (WAF) as low as 103 μg l(-1), similar to concentrations detected in seawater following large spills. The sensitivity of coral larvae increased by 40% when co-exposed to UV light that they might encounter in shallow reefal systems. Condensate WAF was more toxic to coral larvae than predicted by summing the toxicity of its main components (benzene, toluene, p-xylene and napthalene). In contrast, the sensitivity of sponge larvae to condensate WAF (>10,000 μg l(-1) TPAH) was far less than coral in the presence and absence of UV, but similar to that of other marine invertebrates. While these results highlight the relative sensitivity of coral larvae to oil, further research is needed to better understand and predict the impacts and risks posed by hydrocarbons to tropical reef systems.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 1 1%
Unknown 80 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 23%
Student > Master 14 17%
Researcher 12 15%
Student > Bachelor 9 11%
Other 3 4%
Other 6 7%
Unknown 18 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 21 26%
Environmental Science 20 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 6%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 4 5%
Engineering 2 2%
Other 5 6%
Unknown 24 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 February 2018.
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#12,946,234
of 22,849,304 outputs
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#56,234
of 123,385 outputs
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#134,143
of 297,895 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Scientific Reports
#1,681
of 3,470 outputs
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