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Title: Response of soil invertebrates to petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soils at Macquarie Island
Contributor(s): Mooney, Thomas James (author); King, Catherine (supervisor); Wasley, Jane (supervisor); Andrew, Nigel  (supervisor)orcid 
Conferred Date: 2014
Copyright Date: 2013
Thesis Restriction Date until: Access restricted until 2016-10-25
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16969
Abstract: A number of fuel spills have occurred on subantarctic Macquarie Island in association with fuel storage and power generation for the Island's research station. The Australian Antarctic Division began full-scale on-site remediation of these sites in 2009. To add to a weight-of-evidence risk assessment approach, single species and community-based toxicity tests were conducted for a range of native soil invertebrate taxa. The endemic earthworm, 'Microscolex macquariensis', was used to develop acute and chronic tests, using avoidance, survival and reproduction as endpoints (Chapter 2). Uncontaminated low (3%), medium (11%) and high (38 to 48%) organic matter (OM) content soils from Macquarie Island were tested to examine the influence of soil OM on toxicity.
Publication Type: Thesis Doctoral
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060899 Zoology not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310999 Zoology not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960502 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Environments
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 180201 Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Rights Statement: Copyright 2013 - Thomas James Mooney
Open Access Embargo: 2016-10-25
HERDC Category Description: T2 Thesis - Doctorate by Research
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