Microalgae response to petroleum spill: an experimental model analysing physiological and genetic response of Dunaliella tertiolecta (Chlorophyceae) to oil samples from the tanker Prestige.

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In November 2002, the oil tanker Prestige sank off the northwestern coast of Spain, spilling more than 50,000 tons of petroleum with disastrous ecological and economical consequences. In order to analyse the harmful consequences of the oil spill on marine microalgae, short- and long-term effects...

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