Results from the chemical analysis of oily residue samples taken from stranded juvenile sea turtles collected from Padre and Mustang Islands, Texas. Special report (Final)
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:7171918
Juvenile Kemp's Ridley sea turtles were released June 7, 1983 off the Texas coast by the National Marine Fisheries Service, as part of an U.S. - Mexico cooperative effort to augment the natural breeding stock of the endangered species. Between one and six days later many dead or distressed Kemp's Ridleys were found stranded on Padre and Mustang Islands with oily residues in the mouth and esophagus. Six samples were analyzed for Ni/V content API gravity, stable C, H, and S isotopes, and hydrocarbon composition with high-resolution gas chromatography and HRGC-mass spectrometry. Results were: (1) oils came from multiple sources, (2) composition was predominantly in the n-C20 to n-C32 range (waxy paraffins), (3) residues were most probably from discarded tanker cleaning operations.
- Research Organization:
- New Orleans Univ., LA (USA). Center for Bio-Organic Studies
- OSTI ID:
- 7171918
- Report Number(s):
- PB-86-246253/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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020900 -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALKANES
ANIMALS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
CARIBBEAN SEA
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
ELEMENTS
ENDANGERED SPECIES
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METALS
NICKEL
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RESIDUES
SAMPLING
SEAS
SHIPS
SURFACE WATERS
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520200* -- Environment
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ALKANES
ANIMALS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
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CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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ENDANGERED SPECIES
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ESOPHAGUS
GULF OF MEXICO
HYDROCARBONS
METALS
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ORGANS
POLLUTION
REPTILES
RESIDUES
SAMPLING
SEAS
SHIPS
SURFACE WATERS
TANKER SHIPS
TOXICITY
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
TURTLES
VANADIUM
VERTEBRATES
WATER POLLUTION