Lee, W.Y.Welch, M.F.Nicol, J.A.C.Marine Pollution Bulletin2010-02-152010-02-151977http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18878p. 92-94.Aqueous extracts of two petroleum oils, No. 2 fuel oil and Southern Louisiana crude, were tested on two amphipods, Gammarus mucronatus and Amphithoe valida, for survival. The oils were toxic at concentrations of 0.8 ppm (fuel oil) and 2.4 ppm (S. Louisiana crude). Mortalities increased, with the concentration and length of exposure. Few or no young were produced at these and higher concentrations (breeding adults were decreasing rapidly in numbers). The amphipods are more sensitive to aqueous extracts of these oils than benthic polychaetes and shrimp, for which data are available.oil pollutionpetroleumfuelscrude oilmortalitypollution effectsamphipodstoxicity toleranceArticle