Petroleum hydrocarbon-induced injury to subtidal marine sediment resources. Subtidal study number 1a. Exxon Valdez oil spill state/federal natural resource damage assessment final report

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:371094

O`Clair, C E; Short, J W; Rice, S D

To determine the distribution of oil in subtidal sediments after the Exxon Valdez oil spill we sampled sediments at six depths (0, 3, 6, 20, 40 and 100 m) at 53 locations in Prince William Sound and the northern Gulf of Alaska from 1989 to 1991. Results are based on 1278 sediment samples analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. In 1989, the oil concentration was greatest in the Sound at 0 m. Outside the Sound, Exxon Valdez oil occurred at Chugach Bay, Hallo Bay, Katmai Bay, and Windy Bay in 1989. Hydrocarbons often matched Exxon Valdez oil less closely, oil was more patchily distributed, and the oil concentration decreased in sediments after 1989.

• Research Organization: National Marine Fisheries Service, Juneau, AK (United States). Auke Bay Lab.
• OSTI ID: 371094
• Report Number(s): PB-96-196944/XAB; TRN: 62393053
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
02 PETROLEUM
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
OIL SPILLS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
SEDIMENTS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
GULF OF ALASKA
MARINE SURVEYS