Project Information

Title: Mussel Bed Restoration and Monitoring in PWS and GOA 95090

Project Year and Number: 1995: 95090

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2000: 00090-CLO, 1999: 99090, 1997: 97090-CLO, 1996: 96090, 1994: 94090, 1993: 93036, 1992: R103-1

Principal Investigator (PI): Malin Babcock (NOAA )

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: Christine Brodersen, Mark Carls, Pat Harris, Jeep Rice

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: General Restoration

Injured Resources Addressed: Mussels, Sediments

Abstract: This project is assessing the recovery of 28 mussel beds in Prince William Sound that still had significant concentrations of oil when last sampled in 1995 or 1996. In FY 99, hydrocarbon concentrations are being measured in mussels, other invertebrates, and sediments and densities of mussels and other selected invertebrates are being monitored in these beds. Oiled sediments were replaced with clean sediments in 12 of the beds in 1994. Sampling in 16 beds that were not restored will document rates of natural recovery. In FY 00, the chemical analysis of samples collected in FY 99 will be completed and a final report prepared.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Final Report: View (7,961 KB)

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
EVOSTC Data Archive: Hydrocarbon results for tissue, sediment and mussels for this project are included in the NOAA final hydrocarbon database. The database includes sample collection information, hydrocarbon analyses and numerical correlations directly related to oil. dbf Availability: This database is accessible through Auke Bay Lab (907) 789-6000 and will be included on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Information Management CD-ROM available fall 1996. Also through Malin Babcock.