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Title: Subtidal Monitoring: Recovery of Sediments and Hydrocarbon Degrading Microorganisms in the Subtidal Environment (Also referred to as 93047-1) 93047-1

Project Year and Number: 1993: 93047-1

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1996: 96106, 1995: 95106, 1993: 93047, 1993: 93047-A, 1993: 93047-2, 1992: ST02-A, 1991: ST02

Principal Investigator (PI): Chuck O'Clair (NOAA/NMFS Auke Bay Laboratory)

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: Jeep Rice, Jeff Short

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Sediments, Subtidal Organisms

Abstract: This project will monitor the recovery of subtidal sediments and the responses of hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms at 10 locations in Prince William Sound in the fourth year after the EVOS. An important component of the study will be to track the loss of oil from the subtidal environment in the spill area and evaluate the potential for long term contamination of the subtidal environment by Exxon Valdez oil. Intertidal and subtidal sediments samples will be collected and analyzed to determine the composition and concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons and to determine the total numbers and activity of hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms. The hydrocarbon oxidation potential of microorganisms will be assayed.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Final Report: View (1,345 KB)

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
Auke Bay Laboratory (Hydrocarbon Samples): Hydrocarbon sample results from this project are included the NOAA fianl hydrocarbon database. The database includes thousands of samples analyzeed for hydrocarbons, including sample collection information, hydrocarbon analyses and munerical correlations directly related to oil. dbf Availability: This database is accessible through Auke Bay Lab (907) 786-6000, and will be included on Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Information Management CD-ROM, available fall 1996.