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Effects of water dispersions and water-soluble fractions of two crude and two processed oils on three marine algal species : a dissertation
dc.contributor.advisor | Collier, J. W. | |
dc.creator | Mills, Earl Ronald | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-08T17:48:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-08T17:48:35Z | |
dc.date.created | 1974 | |
dc.date.issued | 1962 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-172486 | |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-70) | en |
dc.description.abstract | Three marine algal species, Isochrysis galbana Parke (haptophyte), Glenodinium halli Freudenthal and Lee (dinoflagellate) and Cyclotella nana Hustedt (diatom) were exposed to the water-soluble fractions (WSF) and oil-in-water dispersions (OWD) of four American Petroleum Institute reference petroleums; a Kuwait crude, a South Louisiana crude, a #2 fuel oil and a Bunker C fuel oil. Tests were conducted in 72-hour static cultures and effects were noted by measuring changes in population growth rates and chlorophyll a levels. Infrared measurements were made to determine the actual dissolved petroleum levels in the WSF and the values found were: Kuwait crude, 20 ppm; Louisiana crude, 15 ppm; #2 fuel oil, 10 ppm; and Bunker C, 10 ppm. The concentrations of the test materials (OWD and WSF) required to reduce growth rates and chlorophyll a levels to 50% of the same parameters in the untreated controls (EC50 level) indicated that the two refined products (42 fuel oil and Bunker C oil) were more toxic than the two crude oils. Moreover, Kuwait crude appeared less toxic than Louisiana crude. The responses of the three test organisms were very similar to the four petroleum products. Subcultures of organisms from treated cultures showing marked reductions in growth rates resumed normal to near normal growth rates after incubation in fresh medium for 6 to 7 days. The relative toxicity of the petroleum WSF was not apparently related to the dissolved hydrocarbon concentrations but rather to the enrichment of the aqueous phase with aromatic compounds, specifically the naphthalenes. | en |
dc.format.extent | vii, 95 leaves | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject.classification | 1974 Dissertation M657 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Plant Breeding | en |
dc.title | Effects of water dispersions and water-soluble fractions of two crude and two processed oils on three marine algal species : a dissertation | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | Biology | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Godbey, C. B. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hampton, H. E. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Smith, J. D. | |
dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries |
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