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dc.contributor.authorGagnon, Marthe Monique
dc.contributor.authorRawson, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T10:52:00Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T10:52:00Z
dc.date.created2011-03-01T20:01:14Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationGagnon, Marthe and Rawson, Christopher. 2010. Montara Well Release: Report on necropsies from a Timor Sea horned sea snake, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Curtin University, Department of Environment and Agriculture.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6299
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• One horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) was collected in the Timor Sea on 29th September 2009 and transported to Curtin University for dissection and necropsy. • A total of five samples (1 muscle tissue sample, 1 gut content sample, 1 bile sample, 1 swab sample from skin and 1 swab from the inner lung ) were analysed for the presence of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs, by gas chromatography with flame ionisation detection) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry). • Expert examination of the chromatographic pattern produced in the TPH analysis allowed the qualitative assessment of whether the source of the compounds was petroleum hydrocarbons and/ or biological co-extractives (e.g., fatty acids, cholesterol). • The horned sea snake had petroleum hydrocarbons in its stomach contents but none in any other necropsies (muscle, skin, trachea, lung). This indicates exposure through prey ingestion. The absence of petroleum hydrocarbons in the trachea and in the lung suggests that inhalation of floating crude oil did not occur.

dc.publisherDepartment of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
dc.subjectsnake
dc.subjectMontara Well Release
dc.subjectTimor Sea
dc.subjectoil spill
dc.subjectpollution
dc.titleMontara Well Release: Report on necropsies from a Timor Sea horned sea snake
dc.typeReport
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dcterms.source.endPage12
dcterms.source.seriesReport to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environment and Agriculture
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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