Alkanes in shrimp from the Buccaneer Oil Field
Journal Article
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· Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
A total of 36 samples of shrimp were examined from the region of the Buccaneer oil field, eighteen of which were representatives of the commercial species Penaeus aztecus and the rest were various other species: Penaeus duorarum (pink shrimp), Trachypenaeus duorarum (sugar shrimp), Squilla empusa (mantis shrimp), and Sicyonia dorsalis (chevron shrimp). The alkanes and deuteriated alkanes were completely separated by GC, so a mass spectrometer was not required for their detection and quantitation. To confirm the identities of individual compounds, however, some samples were examined by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Results show that only thirteen of the forty shrimp collected from the region of the Buccaneer oil field contained petroleum alkanes, and the majority of these were obtained from trawls immediately adjacent to the production platforms. It appears that shrimp caught in the region of the Buccaneer oil field are not appreciably tainted with hydrocarbons discharged from the production platforms. (JMT)
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Houston, TX
- OSTI ID:
- 5519998
- Journal Information:
- Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 29:1; ISSN BECTA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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FUELS
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GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
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HYDROCARBONS
INVERTEBRATES
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MINERAL RESOURCES
NORTH AMERICA
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RESOURCES
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SEPARATION PROCESSES
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USA
020900 -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
520200* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560304 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Invertebrates-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALKANES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ARTHROPODS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CARIBBEAN SEA
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CONTAMINATION
CRUSTACEANS
DECAPODS
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION VI
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GULF OF MEXICO
HYDROCARBONS
INVERTEBRATES
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MINERAL RESOURCES
NORTH AMERICA
OIL FIELDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RESOURCES
SEAS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SHRIMP
SPECTROSCOPY
SURFACE WATERS
TEXAS
USA