Project Information

Title: Subtidal Monitoring: Recovery of Sediments in the NW GOA 94285

Project Year and Number: 1994: 94285

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1995: 95285

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

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: Jeep Rice, Jeff Short

Research Location: Kodiak Island

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Sediments, Subtidal Organisms

Abstract: Subtidal sediments were found to be contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons at five locations in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) following the EVOS. Recovery rates of subtidal marine sediments contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons at the latitude of the GOA are poorly known. This study will provide the first assessment of the contamination of subtidal sediments since 1990. The purpose of this project will be to determine the amount of oil, if any, that remains in the subtidal sediments at the locations formerly contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons in GOA. The concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons remaining in sediments at the GOA locations will be compared with concentrations at comparable locations in Prince William Sound.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY94: View (436 KB)
Final Report: See Project 95285

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
Auke Bay Laboratory (Hydrocarbon Samples): Hydrocarbon sample results from this project are included in the NOAA final hydrocarbon database. The database includes thousands of samples analyzed for hydrocarbons including sample collection information, hydrocarbon analyses and numerical 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.