Background Levels of Dissolved/Dispersed Petroleum Residues in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1970–79

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Author: Levy, E. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1985
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Canada; Cabot
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f85-072; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f85-072

A 10-yr program of monitoring the incidence and distribution of dissolved/dispersed petroleum residues in the Gulf of St. Lawrence confirmed that the major source is the Atlantic water that enters through Cabot Strait and demonstrated that a substantial decline in the background levels occurred duri...