Title: Oil Exposure Biomarkers and Population Trends of PWS Marine Vertebrates
Project Year and Number: 2004: 040774
Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: None
Principal Investigator (PI): Brenda Ballachey, DOI
Assisting Personnel: Jim Bodkin, David Irons
Research Location: Prince William Sound
Restoration Category: Research
Injured Resources Addressed: Black Oystercatchers , Harlequin Ducks , Pigeon Guillemot , Sea Otters
Abstract: Some of the strongest evidence of continuing effects of lingering oil from the Exxon Valdez oil spill comes from long term monitoring of vertebrate populations and their exposure to hydrocarbons. Population recovery of sea otters remained incomplete as of 2002, and individual sea otters continue to exhibit elevated levels of the Cytochrome P450 1A biomarker in areas where lingering oil deposits are most prominent. Surveys of population size and individual P450 measures of sea otters and marine birds will provide continuing information on population trend and individual exposure to lingering oil.
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Funding Detail For: 2004 , 2005
Quarterly Project Tasks For: 2004 , 2005
Annual Reports: 2004: View (28 KB) 2005: Not Applicable
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