Evidence of damage to pink salmon inhabiting Prince William Sound, Alaska, three generations after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Bue, B G; Miller, G D; Seeb, J E; Sharr, S

Title: Evidence of damage to pink salmon inhabiting Prince William Sound, Alaska, three generations after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:191313

Bue, B G; Miller, G D; Seeb, J E ^[1]; Sharr, S ^[2]

Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage, AK (United States)
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Cordova, AK (United States)

Investigations into the environmental effects of the 1 989 Exxon Valdez oil spill lead us to conclude that chronic damage occurred in some pink salmon populations. Differences in survival between streams contaminated by oil and uncontaminated streams have been observed annually since the spill for pink salmon embryos incubating in the intertidal portions of Prince William Sound. The authors assessed the environmental influence on these findings by collecting gametes from both contaminated and uncontaminated streams, transporting them to a hatchery where intra-stream crosses were made, and incubating the resulting embryos under identical conditions. Lower survival was detected in the embryos originating from the oil-contaminated streams indicating that the agent responsible for the differences detected in the field was genetic rather than environmental.

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OSTI ID:: 191313

Report Number(s):: CONF-9511137-; ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9610%%314

Resource Relation:: Conference: 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference, Vancouver (Canada), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense; PB: 378 p.