Relationship of Spartina alterniflora growth to sediment oil content following an oil spill

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dc.acquisition-srcDr. Webb, TAMUG MARB department.en_US
dc.call-noAcc#3385-Box #11en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Steve K. and James W. Webb, Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings: 1987 Oil Spill Conference (Prevention, Behavior, Control, Cleanup). April 6-9, 1987, Baltimore, Maryland.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:02:14Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:02:14Z
dc.date.issued1987en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description20 pgs.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractA single spillage of crude oil in a salt marsh is generally considered to have limited biological effects. A crude oil spill in Dickinson Bayou (Galveston Bay system of Texas) in January 1984 provided the opportunity to test this concept in salt marshes exposed to varying amounts of oil. Growth of Spartina alterniflora was unaffected in light to moderately oiled sediments; however, S. alterniflora growth was significantly reduced in sediments with high oil content through 18 months. Erosion of shoreline areas with high oil content was evident by 16 months and had continued through 32 months. These results demonstrate the adverse effect of high concentrations of crude oil in salt marsh sediments. Therefore, each crude oil spill must be evaluated for the likelihood of significant accumulation of oil in sediment before a decision is made regaurding a cleanup response.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.history8/9/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/21207
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Archives Collection; TAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesGBIC's version is a typed draft of the article present in the source. The source can be found at TD 427 .P4 O34 1987 in the TAMUG Circulating Collection.en_US
dc.placeWashington, D.C.en_US
dc.publisherAmerican Petroleum Instituteen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries3385.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesAPI Publication Number 4452en_US
dc.subjectoil spillsen_US
dc.subjectsalt marshesen_US
dc.subjectcrude oilen_US
dc.subjectbiological productionen_US
dc.subjectbiological damageen_US
dc.subjectbeach erosionen_US
dc.subjectplant populationsen_US
dc.subjectoil pollutionen_US
dc.subjectSpartina alternifloraen_US
dc.subjectsediment pollutionen_US
dc.titleRelationship of Spartina alterniflora growth to sediment oil content following an oil spillen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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