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Main Title

The sediment environment of Port Valdez, Alaska : the effect of oil on this ecosystem /

Author

Feder, Howard M.; Cheek, L. Michael; Flanagan, Patrick; Jewitt, Stephen C.; Johnston., Mary H.

CORP Author

Alaska Univ., College. Inst. of Marine Science.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., College, Alaska. Arctic Environmental Research Station.

Publisher

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service,

Place Published

Corvallis, Or. Springfield, Va.

Year Published

1976

Report Number

EPA-600/3-76-086; EPA-R-800944

Stock Number

PB-259 972

OCLC Number

02566382

Subjects

Oil pollution; Sediments; Ecology; Prince William Sound; Ocean environments; Aquatic animals; Clams; Bacteria; Hydrocarbons; Bioassay; Salinity; Tables(Data); Prudhoe Bay; Crude oil; Intertidal zone; Nematoda; Seasonal variations; Alaska; Macoma balthica; Baseline studies; Ecosystems; Port Valdez(Alaska)

Subject Added Ent

Tidal flat ecology--Alaska--Valdez, Port.; Sedimentation and deposition--Alaska--Valdez, Port.; Oil pollution of the sea--Alaska--Valdez, Port.; Marine organisms--Effect of oil spills on--Alaska--Valdez, Port.; Aquatic ecology--Alaska; Oil pollution of water

Internet Access

Description	Access URL
	http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=9100T266.txt

Holdings

Library		Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Date Modified
EJAD		EPA 600/3-76-086		Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA	06/16/2000
EJBD	ARCHIVE	EPA 600-3-76-086		Headquarters Library/Washington,DC	01/11/2011
EJBD		EPA 600-3-76-086	c.1	Headquarters Library/Washington,DC	09/02/2011
EKAM		EPA-600/3-76-086		Region 4 Library/Atlanta,GA	04/01/1994
ELBD		EPA-600/3-76-086		AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH	04/10/1998
ELDD		EPA-600/3-76-086		NHEERL/MED Library/Duluth,MN	11/17/2000
EOAD		EPA 600/3-76-086		Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO	02/28/2011
ESAD		EPA 600-3-76-086		Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA	01/02/1998
NTIS		PB-259 972	Most EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. Check with individual libraries about paper copy.	NTIS	06/23/1988

Collation

xxii, 322 p. : ill., graphs ; 28 cm.

Abstract

The Port Valdez intertidal sediment system was studied for three years and described in this report. Physical, geological, geochemical, hydrocarbon, and biological features were examined. Sediments were poorly sorted gravels to plastic clays, and had low amounts of organic matter. Bacterial numbers varied from site to site, and decreased in numbers with depth. Meiofauna consisted primarily of nematodes and harpacticoid copepods. Most meiofaunal species were restricted to the upper three centimeters throughout the year. Meiofauna densities were typically highest in summer and lowest in winter. Reproductive activities of copepods tended to be seasonal with only one species reproducing throughout the year. Bacterial populations were unaffected by single applications of up to 2000 ppm of Prudhoe Bay crude oil or by chronic applications. Uptake and release of added oil by intertidal sediments and the clam Macoma balthica were examined in the field.

Notes

Includes appendices. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276, 321). Item 431-I-11.

Contents Notes

A three year study of the intertidal sediment system of Port Valdez and possible indicators for oil spill.

Author Added Ent

Feder, Howard M.

Corporate Au Added Ent

United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development.

Corp Au Ser Add Ent

Ecological research series ; EPA-600/3-76-086. United States. ; Ecological research series ; EPA-600/3-76-086. United States. ; Ecological research series ; EPA-600/3-76-086. United States.

Title Ser Add Ent

Research reporting series. Ecological research ; EPA-600/3-76-086.

NTIS Title Notes

Final rept..

PUB Date Free Form

1976

Series Title Untraced

Ecological research series ; EPA-600/3-76-086

Category Codes

13B; 6F; 8A; 68D; 57H; 47D

NTIS Prices

PC A15/MF A01

BIB Level

ISBN

pbk.

Control Number

323704559

OCLC Time Stamp

20110222130542

Cataloging Source

OCLC/T

Language

eng

SUDOCS Number

EP 1.23:600/3-76-086

Origin

OCLC

Type

MERGE

OCLC Rec Leader

02056cam 2200385Ii 45020

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