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Title: Laboratory evidence for short and long-term damage to pink salmon incubating in oiled gravel

Abstract

Pink salmon, incubating in gravel contaminated with crude oil, demonstrated immediate and delayed responses in the laboratory at doses consistent with the concentrations observed in oiled streams in Prince William Sound. The authors incubated pink salmon embryos in a simulated intertidal environment with gravel contaminated by oil from the Exxon Valdez. During the incubation and emergence periods the authors quantified dose-response curves for characters affected directly by the oil. After emergence, fish were coded wire tagged and released, or cultured in netpens. Delayed responses have been observed among the cultured fish, and further observations will be made when coded wire tagged fish return in September 1995. The experiments have demonstrated that eggs need not contact oiled gravel to experience increased mortality, and doses as low as 17 ppb tPAH in water can have delayed effects on growth. A comparison of sediment tPAH concentrations from streams in Prince William Sound with these laboratory data suggests that many 1989 brood pink salmon were exposed to deleterious quantities of oil.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. National Marine Fisheries Service, Juneau, AK (United States)
  2. Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Anchorage, AK (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
191312
Report Number(s):
CONF-9511137-
ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9610%%313
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference, Vancouver (Canada), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense; PB: 378 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; ALASKA; OIL SPILLS; PETROLEUM; TOXICITY; SALMON; SENSITIVITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION

Citation Formats

Heintz, R, Rice, S, and Wiedmer, M. Laboratory evidence for short and long-term damage to pink salmon incubating in oiled gravel. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Heintz, R, Rice, S, & Wiedmer, M. Laboratory evidence for short and long-term damage to pink salmon incubating in oiled gravel. United States.
Heintz, R, Rice, S, and Wiedmer, M. 1995. "Laboratory evidence for short and long-term damage to pink salmon incubating in oiled gravel". United States.
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abstractNote = {Pink salmon, incubating in gravel contaminated with crude oil, demonstrated immediate and delayed responses in the laboratory at doses consistent with the concentrations observed in oiled streams in Prince William Sound. The authors incubated pink salmon embryos in a simulated intertidal environment with gravel contaminated by oil from the Exxon Valdez. During the incubation and emergence periods the authors quantified dose-response curves for characters affected directly by the oil. After emergence, fish were coded wire tagged and released, or cultured in netpens. Delayed responses have been observed among the cultured fish, and further observations will be made when coded wire tagged fish return in September 1995. The experiments have demonstrated that eggs need not contact oiled gravel to experience increased mortality, and doses as low as 17 ppb tPAH in water can have delayed effects on growth. A comparison of sediment tPAH concentrations from streams in Prince William Sound with these laboratory data suggests that many 1989 brood pink salmon were exposed to deleterious quantities of oil.},
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year = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995}
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