Hello. I am looking for studies regarding the effects of oil on post-settled sea urchin (growth, deformities, reproduction etc.). I've encountered a lot of laboratory research on the effect of oil-contaminated water and sediments on sea urchin larvae and embryos but almost nothing on post-settled urchins. Thank you for your help.
Hi
Have you seen the 2014 review book Oil in our oceans by Blackburn? They have a chapter on sea urchins.
http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/OilInOurOceans_XercesSoc_apr2014.pdf
Good luck
Trine
Thank you very much Dr. Trine Bekkby! The document is very helpful!
Hi
You can have a look at this article referenced in the chapter Trine Bekkby talked about.
Cheers,
Nicolas
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The best evidence I recall regarding echinoids being affected by oil spills comes from the 1978 Amoco Cadiz spill of Brittany, France. In one bay, the huge intertidal zone was littered with many thousands of dead and dying heart urchins, the bay being heavily oiled in the water column. I witnessed this event, as part of a Canadian team monitoring the spill's coastal impact. There should be a written account of this in the extensive literature on this spill, mostly published in French.
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