Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Fate and Effects in Alaskan WatersP. G. Wells, James Newton Butler, Jane S. Hughes Comprises 25 research papers on 1989 Exxon Valdez' oil spill, presented at American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) symposium in April 1993. Papers cover chemistry and fate; shoreline impacts, effects on fish, fisheries and wildlife; and impacts on archaeological sites. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW ISSUES | 3 |
IDENTIFICATION OF HYDROCARBON SOURCES IN THE BENTHIC SEDIMENTS OF PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND THE GULF OF ALAS... | 40 |
FINGERPRINTING HYDROCARBONS IN THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF THE EXXON VALDEZ SPILL AREA | 84 |
CHEMICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF WATER QUALITY FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL | 141 |
CLAYOIL FLOCCULATION AND ITS ROLE IN NATURAL CLEANSING IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ... | 178 |
AN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM SUBSEQUENT TO THE 1989 EXXON VALDEZ SHORELINE CLEANUP | 215 |
USE OF MUSSELS AND SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES TO ASSESS BIOAVAILABILITY OF RESIDUAL POLYNUCLEAR AROM... | 239 |
PART 1STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS | 263 |
EARLY LIFE HISTORY | 548 |
ADULTS AND ESCAPEMENT | 585 |
A FIELD AND LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF OILSPILL EFFECTS ON SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION OF PACIFIC HERRING FOLLO... | 626 |
EVALUATION OF THE TOXIC PROPERTIES OF NATURALLY WEATHERED EXXON VALDEZ CRUDE OIL TO SURROGATE WILDLIFE S... | 665 |
ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL FOR LONGTERM TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL ON BIRDS AND M... | 693 |
USE OF OILAFFECTED HABITATS BY BIRDS AFTER THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL | 726 |
DENSITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF BALD EAGLES IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND ALASKA AFTER THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL | 762 |
SURVEYS OF MURRE COLONY ATTENDANCE IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL | 780 |
EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL | 296 |
SHORELINE OILING CONDITIONS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL | 312 |
PART 2CHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY | 347 |
PART 3BIOLOGY | 398 |
SHORELINE IMPACTS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA REGION FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL | 444 |
STATUS OF SELECTED BOTTOMFISH AND CRUSTACEAN SPECIES IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ O... | 485 |
THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL AND LONGTERM ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | 820 |
AN OVERVIEW | 854 |
SEA OTTER ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTION AND PUP PRODUCTION IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ OI... | 894 |
AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF THE EXXON VALDEZ SHORELINE CLEANUP | 933 |
AUTHOR INDEX | 950 |
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Common terms and phrases
abundance alkylated American Petroleum Institute Amoco Cadiz analysis Anchorage areas aromatic hydrocarbons Assessment Bay of Isles biological birds boulder/cobble breeding chrysenes cleanup contained Cook Inlet counts crude oil density detected diesel differences distribution Ecology eggs Environmental estimates exposure Exxon Valdez crude Exxon Valdez Oil Figure fingerprint Fish and Wildlife Fisheries floc flocculation following the Exxon Gulf of Alaska habitat heavily oiled impacts Kenai locations Marine mortality murres mussels naphthalenes nearshore nesting NOAA non-oiled observed oiled shorelines oiling effect oiling levels PAH concentrations pebble/gravel petrogenic petroleum hydrocarbons pink salmon population postspill prespill Prince William Sound PWSOIL recovery reference sites reference streams reported reproductive residues sea otters seabirds sediment sheens significant Smith Island spawning species SPMDs statistical subsurface oil subtidal sediments surface survey Table Tide Zone tissue total PAHs TPAH transect unoiled Valdez Oil Spill variables volume water column water samples weathered