The effects of the MEGA BORG spill on Gulf of Mexico shrimp

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dc.contributor.authorNance Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorSociety of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry PUen_US
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dc.date.issued1993 1993 Nov 14en_US
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dc.description-Ecologicalen_US
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dc.description.abstractA brown shrimp stock model was developed at the NMFS Galveston Laboratory to assess the effects of the Mega Borg oil spill on the brown shrimp population along the Texas coast. Water and sediment samples from near the Mega Borg spill area were collected and analyzed by the Geochemical and Environmental Research Group at Texas A and M University. Hydrocarbon concentrations found at the sediment collection stations ranged from 1.38 mu g/g to 7.42 mu g/g, while concentrations at the water column sampling sites ranged from 0.69 mu g/1 to 27.39 mu g/l. Evaluation of chromatograms and analytical data suggested that sediments from the area contained primarily biogenic hydrocarbons. Only one station had elevated hydrocarbon levels. However, these values were only three to five times higher than the concentrations measured at the other stations. Evaluation of the water samples from the area showed only very low concentration levels of hydrocarbons were present in the water column. A bioassay study was conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory in Gulf Breeze, Florida. The main conclusion from the bioassay study was that the concentrations of hydrocarbons measured at the field sites where water samples were taken tended to be three orders of magnitude lower than the hydrocarbon concentrations causing toxic responses (both acute and chronic) in mysid and white shrimp. There were no detected effects to the brown shrimp population along the Texas coast from the Mega Borg oil spill. (DBO)en_US
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dc.notes14. Annu. Meet. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) - Ecological Risk Assessment: Lessons Learned?, Houston (USA)Physical medium: Printed matter; Summary onlyEnglishBook Monograph; Conference; SummaryMarineKE1993en_US
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dc.series14th Annual Meeting (SETAC) - Ecological Risk Assessment: Lessons Learned? -- Abstract Book. vp. 1993en_US
dc.subjectASW,Mexico Gulfen_US
dc.subjectASW,USA,Texas,Galveston Bayen_US
dc.subjectBioassayen_US
dc.subjectbioassaysen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental protectionen_US
dc.subjectEvaluationen_US
dc.subjectHydrocarbonen_US
dc.subjectHydrocarbonsen_US
dc.subjectLaboratoriesen_US
dc.subjectpollution effectsen_US
dc.subjectPopulation structureen_US
dc.subjectQ1 01281 Generalen_US
dc.subjectQ5 01504 Effects on organismsen_US
dc.subjectRisken_US
dc.subjectRisk assessmenten_US
dc.subjectSamplingen_US
dc.subjectSedimenten_US
dc.subjectSedimentsen_US
dc.subjectShrimp fisheriesen_US
dc.subjectTexasen_US
dc.subjectToxicologyen_US
dc.subjectUSAen_US
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dc.subjectwater columnen_US
dc.subjectWhite shrimpen_US
dc.titleThe effects of the MEGA BORG spill on Gulf of Mexico shrimpen_US
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