Project Information

Title: Injury to Subtidal Sediments-Petroleum Hydrocarbon Induced Injury to Subtidal Marine Sediment Resources AW02

Project Year and Number: 1989: AW02

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1992: ST02-B, 1991: ST02-B, 1990: AW02

Principal Investigator (PI): Howard Feder (University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: None

Research Location: All Spill Affected Areas

Restoration Category: Damage Assessment

Injured Resources Addressed: Sediments, Subtidal Organisms

Abstract: This project will evaluate the extent of subtidal hydrocarbon contamination in PWS, along the Lower Kenai Peninsula, and near Kodiak Island. The purpose of this study will be to determine to what depth petroleum hydrocarbons have been transported over the winter months of 1989/90, to continue the time-course of data acquisition necessary to answer the question of persistence of petroleum hydrocarbons in subtidal sediments, and to determine the impact of oiling upon subtidal resources.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Final Report: See Project ST02-B

Publications from this Project: None Available