Kodiak shoreline oiling assessment of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, 1995. Restoration project. Final report. Restoration project 95027
A shoreline survey team visited 24 sites in the Kodiak archipelago that had shoreline oiling in 1990 and 1991 to determine the persistence of that oiling through the summer of 1995. The survey team concentrated on Shuyak and northwest Afognak Island, selected areas between Sturgeon Head and Chief Cove (Spiridon Bay) on the Shelikof Straight coast of Kodiak Island, and seven sites of community concern near the village of Larson Bay inside Uyak Bay. Surveyors found no oil at sites south of Chief Cove, trace amounts at Chief Cove, and only widely spaced trace amounts at the sites on Shuyak Island. The area of shoreline affected with any amount of oil decreased by 75% within specific locations that were surveyed in 1990 or 1991 and resurveyed in 1995. Shoreline oil in Kodiak is not persisting as in PWS largely due to the lack of recalcitrant subsurface oil. Kodiak shorelines were initially affected by oil that had been floating for at least seven days. Other important reasons for the lack of shoreline oil in the Kodiak region include the patchy distribution of initial oiling and the overall high-wave energy settings of shorelines in the spill`s path.
- Research Organization:
- Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Juneau, AK (United States). Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment
- OSTI ID:
- 590867
- Report Number(s):
- PB-98-126485/XAB; TRN: 80902890
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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