Study of biological processes on the US Mid-Atlantic slope and rise. First interim report. Report for March 1984-February 1985

Technical Report · Wed May 15 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6003656

Maciolek-Blake, N; Boehm, P; Hecker, B; Grassle, J F; McGrath, D

Concerns about the potential impacts of oil and gas exploration activities on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Continental Slope led to the initiation of a two-year monitoring program in March 1984. On each sampling cruise, three replicate 0.25-sq m box cores are collected for benthic infauna, sediment hydrocarbon, sediment trace metal, sediment grain size, and CHN analyses. A hydrographic sample is taken at each station to provide data on near-bottom temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen. Three camera transects are occupied on three of six cruises to evaluate the epifauna quantitatively. Trawl samples are taken to provide tissue samples for hydrocarbon and trace metal analysis. This report includes the results of the analysis of the first two of six sample sets.

• Research Organization: Battelle New England Marine Research Lab., Duxbury, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6003656
• Report Number(s): PB-86-125556/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BENTHOS
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
CONTINENTAL SLOPE
DRILLING FLUIDS
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FLUIDS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HYDROCARBONS
MARINE SURVEYS
METALS
MINERAL RESOURCES
MONITORING
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
RESOURCES
SEDIMENTS
SURVEYS
WATER POLLUTION