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Title: Effect of eight outer continental shelf drilling muds on the calcification rate and free amino acid pool of the coral Acropora cervicornis

Abstract

During most offshore drilling operations, drilling muds are routinely discharged into surrounding waters. Because corals are relatively sensitive to many environmental perturbations and can be adversely affected by offshore drilling operations, the effects of drilling muds on corals have received considerable attention. Because drilling muds are discharged intermittently, only periodic exposures of short duration should impact nearby coral reefs. To fully assess the impact of a drilling mud discharge on corals requires an assessment of the capacity for corals to recover from short-term exposure. The purpose of this study was to assess the relative toxicity of a number of muds that were slated for marine disposal for the coral Acropora cervicornis after a 48-hr recovery period. Calcification rate and free amino acid pool were investigated.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Texas A and M Univ., College Station
OSTI Identifier:
6498697
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 33:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 02 PETROLEUM; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CORALS; BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; DRILLING FLUIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; CALCINOSIS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; OFFSHORE DRILLING; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMISTRY; CNIDARIA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DRILLING; FLUIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RECOVERY; 560304* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Invertebrates- (-1987); 020900 - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects

Citation Formats

Powell, E N, Kendall, Jr, J J, Connor, S J, Zastrow, C E, and Bright, T J. Effect of eight outer continental shelf drilling muds on the calcification rate and free amino acid pool of the coral Acropora cervicornis. United States: N. p., 1984. Web. doi:10.1007/BF01625556.
Powell, E N, Kendall, Jr, J J, Connor, S J, Zastrow, C E, & Bright, T J. Effect of eight outer continental shelf drilling muds on the calcification rate and free amino acid pool of the coral Acropora cervicornis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625556
Powell, E N, Kendall, Jr, J J, Connor, S J, Zastrow, C E, and Bright, T J. 1984. "Effect of eight outer continental shelf drilling muds on the calcification rate and free amino acid pool of the coral Acropora cervicornis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625556.
@article{osti_6498697,
title = {Effect of eight outer continental shelf drilling muds on the calcification rate and free amino acid pool of the coral Acropora cervicornis},
author = {Powell, E N and Kendall, Jr, J J and Connor, S J and Zastrow, C E and Bright, T J},
abstractNote = {During most offshore drilling operations, drilling muds are routinely discharged into surrounding waters. Because corals are relatively sensitive to many environmental perturbations and can be adversely affected by offshore drilling operations, the effects of drilling muds on corals have received considerable attention. Because drilling muds are discharged intermittently, only periodic exposures of short duration should impact nearby coral reefs. To fully assess the impact of a drilling mud discharge on corals requires an assessment of the capacity for corals to recover from short-term exposure. The purpose of this study was to assess the relative toxicity of a number of muds that were slated for marine disposal for the coral Acropora cervicornis after a 48-hr recovery period. Calcification rate and free amino acid pool were investigated.},
doi = {10.1007/BF01625556},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6498697}, journal = {Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 33:3,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984},
month = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984}
}