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Experimental investigation of the effects of crude oil on two freshwater lake ecosystems

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5856519
The responses of two freshwater lake ecosystems (Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, and New Fork Lake, Wyoming) to crude oil impaction were investigated in two phases. The effects were first studied on three phase (gaseous-aqueous-sediment) laboratory microcosms. Notable responses were increased oxygen demand, nutrient immobilization, reduction in plant biomass accumulation, and a heterotrophically dominated ecosystem. The second phase investigated the effects of crude oil on plant litter decomposition in the lakes.
Research Organization:
Utah State Univ., Logan (USA). Utah Water Research Lab.
OSTI ID:
5856519
Report Number(s):
PB-83-219774
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English