The Coastal Habitat Injury Assessment in Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet-Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak-Alaska Peninsula, Alaska: 1989 - 1991

• Main Authors: Ray Highsmith, Lyman McDonald, Dale Strickland, Wallace Erickson, Michael Stekoll, Willard Barber
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Gulf of Alaska Data Portal
• Subjects: Exxon Valdez; coastal damage assessment; intertidal; alaska; oil spill; evostc; exxon valdez oil spill trustee council; acmaea mitra; acrocirrus sp; ahnfeltia fastigata; alia gausapata; alia tuberosa; alvinia carpenter; alvinia carpenteri; alvinia compacta; alvinia sp; ampelisca eschrichti; ampelisca sp; amphictene moorei; amphiodia craterodmeta; amphipholis squamata; amphissa columbiana; amphissa sp; ampithoe dalli; ampithoe simulans; ampithoe sp; anaitides groenlandica; anaitides sp; analipus japonicus; anatoma baxteri; anonyx nugax; anonyx sp; anoparchus purpurescens; anoplarchus purpurescens; anoplarchus sp; anthopleura sp; anthopleura xanthogrammica; aoroides columbiae; arcteobea sp; arctonoe vittata; aricidea lopezi; armandia brevis; asabellides sibirica; astarte esquimalti; astarte montagui; autolytus sp; axinopsida serricata; axinopsida sp; axinopsida viridis; balanus crenatus; balanus glandula; balanus sp; bankai setacea; barantolla americana; bittium sp; boccardia hamata; boltenia villosa; boreocingula katherinae; boreocingula sp; boreotrophon sp; buccinum baeri; callithamnion pikeanum; campylaspis sp; cancer oregonensis; cancer sp; capitella capitata; capitella sp; cardiomya pectinata; cardiomya planetica; cerebratulus sp; cerithiopsis sp; chaetomorpha melagonium; chaetopterus variopedatus; chaetozone acuta; chaetozone setosa; chaetozone sp; chaetozone spinosa; cheilanereis cyclurus; chirolophis nugator; chlamys rubida; chordaria flagelliformis; chthamalus dalli; cingula sp; cirratulus cirratus; cistenides granulata; clinocardium fucanum; clinocardium nuttallii; clinocardium sp; clinocottus acuticeps; clinocottus sp; constantinea simplex; corophium sp; crepidula dorsata; crepidula grandis; crepidula perforans; crepidula sp; crucigera irregularis; crucigera sp; crucigera zygophora; cryptobranchia alba; cryptobranchia concentrica; cryptobranchia sp; cryptochiton stelleri; cryptothir balani; cucumaria sp; cylichna sp; cylichnella culcitella; cystoseira geminata; dendrochiton flectens; dendrochiton sp; dentalium sp; dermasterias imbricata; diaphana minuta; diaphana sp; diastylis alaskensis; diastylis sp; dictyosiphon sinicola; diplodonta impolita; diplodonta sp; dodecaceria concharum; dodecaceria sp; dorvillea pseudorubrovittata; dorvillea sp; dumonyia contorta; elachista fucicola; elassochirus tenuimanus; endocladia muricata; enteromorpha clathrata; enteromorpha intestinalis; eteone californica; eteone longa; eteone sp; eualus biunguis; eualus fabricii; eualus pusiolus; eualus sp; euchone incolor; euchone sp; eudesme virescens; eudorella sp; eudorellopsis deformis; eulalia bilineata; eulalia quadrioculata; eulalia sp; eulalia viridis; eunoe depressa; eunoe oerstedi; eunoe sp; eupentacta sp; euphrosine hortensis; eusyllis sp; evasterias troschelii; exogone sp; falsicingula aleutica; falsicingula sp; fartulum occidentale; fucus cottonii; fucus gardneri; gammarus sp; gastropoda egg; gattyana ciliata; gattyana cirrosa; gattyana sp; gigartinaceae group; gloiopeltis furcata; gloiosiphonia capillaris; glycera capitata; glycinde picta; glycinde sp; gnathia sp; gnorimosphaeroma lutea; gnorimosphaeroma oregonense; golfingia margaritacea; golfingia sp; gomontia polyrhiza; granulina margaritula; guernea sp; gyptis brevipalpa; hapalogaster grebnitzkii; hapalogaster mertensii; hapalogaster sp; harmothoe extenuata; harmothoe imbricata; harmothoe multisetosa; harmothoe sp; hemigrapsus oregonensis; hemigrapsus sp; hemilepidotus hemilepidotus; hemipodus borealis; henricia sp; heptacarpus camtschaticus; heptacarpus paludicola; heptacarpus sp; heptacarpus stylus; heptacarpus tenuissimus; hiatella arctica; humilaria kennerleyi; hyas lyratus; ianiropsis sp; idanthyrsus ornamentatus; idotea wosnesenskii; ischnochiton albus; ischnochiton interstinctus; ischyrocerus sp; katharina tunicata; kellia laperousii; kellia sp; kornmannia leptoderma; lacuna sp; lacuna vincta; laphania boecki; leathesia difformis; lebbeus groenlandicus; lebbeus polaris; lebbeus sp; leitopcoloplos pugettensis; leitoscoloplos sp; lepidepecreum kasatka; lepidochitona dentiens; lepidonotus squamatus; leptasterias hexactis; leptochelia savignyi; leptochiton sp; leucon nasicoides; limnoria algarum; limnoria sp; liparis florae; liparis sp; lirularia parcipicta; lirularia succincta; littorina scutulata; littorina sitkana; littorina sp; lottia borealis; lottia digitalis; lottia ochracea; lottia pelta; lottia sp; lucina tenuisculpta; lumbrineris sp; lumbrineris zonata; luncina tenuisculpta; lyonsia bracteata; lyonsia sp; lysippe labiata; macoma balthica; macoma calcarea; macoma inquinata; macoma moesta; macoma nasuta; macoma sp; maera sp; margarites beringensis; margarites pupillus; margarites sp; mediomastus sp; melibe leonina; melita dentata; melita sp; micranellum crebricinctum; microcladia borealis; micronereis sp; micropedarke dubia; mitrella sp; modiolus modiolus; moelleria sp; monoculodes sp; mopalia ciliata; mopalia egretta; mopalia lignosa; mopalia muscosa; mopalia sinuata; mopalia sp; munna sp; munna ubiquita; musculus discors; musculus sp; musculus vernicosus; museulus seminudus; mya arenaria; mya sp; mya truncata; myriochele oculata; mysella sp; mysella tumida; mytilus edulis; mytilus sp; myxicola aesthetica; myxicola infundibulum; myxicola sp; najna consiliorum; nassarius mendicus; nassarius sp; natica clausa; natica sp; nebalia bipes; nebalia sp; nemalion helminthoides; neoptilota asplenioides; neosabellides sp; nephtys ciliata; nephtys cornuta; nephtys punctata; nephtys sp; nereis pelogica; nereis sp; notophyllum imbricatum; notophyllum sp; notoproctus pacificus; nucella lamellosa; nucella lima; nucella sp; nuculana fossa; nuculana minuta; ocenebra interfossa; ocenebra sp; odius carinatus; odius sp; odonthalia floccosa; odostomia sp; oenopota levidensis; oenopota sp; oligocottus maculosus; onchidella borealis; onchidoris bilamellata; onchidoris muricata; onoba sp; onuphis conchylega; onuphis sp; ophelia limacina; ophiopholis aculeata; orchomene sp; oregonia gracilis; owenia fusiformis; pagurus beringanus; pagurus caurinus; pagurus hirsutiusculus; pagurus kennerlyi; pagurus sp; paleanotus bellis; palmaria mollis; pandalus platyceros; pandalus sp; pandalus tridens; paraonella platybranchia; paraphoxus similis; paraphoxus sp; parramussium sp; pectinaria sp; peisidice aspera; petalonia fascia; phascolion stroembi; pherusa plumosa; pherusa sp; pholis laeta; pholis sp; pholoe minuta; photis sp; phycodrys riggii; phytichthys chirus; pisaster ochraceus; placiphorella rufa; platynereis bicanaliculata; pleustes cataphractus; pleustes sp; plicifusus sp; pododesmus cepio; pododesmus macrochisma; polinices sp; polycirrus sp; polydora armata; polydora giardi; polydora socialis; polydora sp; polygordius sp; pontogeneia sp; porcellidium sarsi; praxillella affinis; prionospio cirrifera; prionospio sp; prionospio steenstrupi; protodorvillea gracilis; protodorvillea sp; protomedeia sp; protothaca sp; protothaca staminea; psephidia lordi; psephidiam sp; pseudochitinopoma occidentalis; pseudochitinoporna occidentialis; pseudopythina compressa; pugettia gracilis; punctaria zosterafolia; puncturella cucullata; puncturella sp; pycnopodia helianthoides; ralfsia fungiformis; rhodymenia pertusa; rhynchospio glutaeus; rhynocrangon alata; salmacina sp; saxidomus gigantea; saxidomus sp; scalibregma inflatum; schizoplax brandtii; sclerocrangon boreas; sclerocrangon sp; scoloplos acmeceps; scoloplos armiger; scoloplos sp; searlesia dira; semibalanus balanoides; semibalanus cariosus; serpula vermicularis; siphonaria thersites; skeneopsis alaskana; solaster sp; soranthera ulvoidea; sphaerodoropsis minuta; sphaerodorum papillifer; sphaerodorum sp; sphaerosyllis brandhorsti; sphaerosyllis erinaceus; sphaerosyllis pirifera; sphaerosyllis sp; spio cirrifera; spio filicornis; spio sp; spiochaetopterus costarum; spiromoelleria quadrae; spirontocaris arcuata; spirontocaris ochotensis; spirontocaris prionota; spirontocaris sp; spirorbis sp; spirorbis spirillum; steosemus albus; strongylocentrotus droebochiensis; strongylocentrotus purpuratus; strongylocentrotus sp; syllis alternata; syllis sp; synchelidium rectipalmum; tachyrynchus erosus; tachyrynchus sp; taranis strongi; tectura fenestrata; tectura persona; tectura scutum; tectura testudinalis; telmessus cheiragonus; terebellides stroemii; tharyx parvus; tharyx sp; thracia sp; tiffaniella snyderae; tiron bioculata; tokidadendron kurliensis; tonicella insignis; tonicella lineata; tonicella marmorea; tonicella rubra; tonicella sp; travisia forbesi; trichatropis insignis; trichobranchus glacialis; trichotropis cancellata; trichotropis insignis; trophonopsis clathratus; trophonopsis sp; trophonopsis tenuisculptus; turbonilla sp; turonia minuta; turtonia minuta; typosyllis armillaris; typosyllis hyalina; typosyllis sp; ulva fenestrata; urticina crassicornis; urticina sp; vaunthompsonia pacifica; velutina velutina; xiphister atropurpureus; yoldia amygdaiea; zeuxo normani; mitra; sp; fastigata; gausapata; tuberosa; carpenter; carpenteri; compacta; eschrichti; moorei; craterodmeta; squamata; columbiana; dalli; simulans; groenlandica; japonicus; baxteri; nugax; purpurescens; xanthogrammica; columbiae; vittata; lopezi; brevis; sibirica; esquimalti; montagui; serricata; viridis; crenatus; glandula; setacea; americana; hamata; villosa; katherinae; baeri; pikeanum; oregonensis; capitata; pectinata; planetica; melagonium; variopedatus; acuta; setosa; spinosa; cyclurus; nugator; rubida; flagelliformis; cirratus; granulata; fucanum; nuttallii; acuticeps; simplex; dorsata; grandis; perforans; irregularis; zygophora; alba; concentrica; stelleri; balani; culcitella; geminata; flectens; imbricata; minuta; alaskensis; sinicola; impolita; concharum; pseudorubrovittata; contorta; fucicola; tenuimanus; muricata; clathrata; intestinalis; californica; longa; biunguis; fabricii; pusiolus; incolor; virescens; deformis; bilineata; quadrioculata; depressa; oerstedi; hortensis; troschelii; aleutica; occidentale; cottonii; gardneri; egg; ciliata; cirrosa; group; furcata; capillaris; picta; lutea; oregonense; margaritacea; polyrhiza; margaritula; brevipalpa; grebnitzkii; mertensii; extenuata; multisetosa; hemilepidotus; borealis; camtschaticus; paludicola; stylus; tenuissimus; arctica; kennerleyi; lyratus; ornamentatus; wosnesenskii; albus; interstinctus; tunicata; laperousii; leptoderma; vincta; boecki; difformis; groenlandicus; polaris; pugettensis; kasatka; dentiens; squamatus; hexactis; savignyi; nasicoides; algarum; florae; parcipicta; succincta; scutulata; sitkana; digitalis; ochracea; pelta; tenuisculpta; zonata; bracteata; labiata; balthica; calcarea; inquinata; moesta; nasuta; beringensis; pupillus; leonina; dentata; crebricinctum; dubia; modiolus; egretta; lignosa; muscosa; sinuata; ubiquita; discors; vernicosus; seminudus; arenaria; truncata; oculata; tumida; edulis; aesthetica; infundibulum; consiliorum; mendicus; clausa; bipes; helminthoides; asplenioides; cornuta; punctata; pelogica; imbricatum; pacificus; lamellosa; lima; fossa; interfossa; carinatus; floccosa; levidensis; maculosus; bilamellata; conchylega; limacina; aculeata; gracilis; fusiformis; beringanus; caurinus; hirsutiusculus; kennerlyi; bellis; mollis; platyceros; tridens; platybranchia; similis; aspera; fascia; stroembi; plumosa; laeta; riggii; chirus; ochraceus; rufa; bicanaliculata; cataphractus; cepio; macrochisma; armata; giardi; socialis; sarsi; affinis; cirrifera; steenstrupi; staminea; lordi; occidentalis; occidentialis; compressa; zosterafolia; cucullata; helianthoides; fungiformis; pertusa; glutaeus; alata; gigantea; inflatum; brandtii; boreas; acmeceps; armiger; dira; balanoides; cariosus; vermicularis; thersites; alaskana; ulvoidea; papillifer; brandhorsti; erinaceus; pirifera; filicornis; costarum; quadrae; arcuata; ochotensis; prionota; spirillum; droebochiensis; purpuratus; alternata; rectipalmum; erosus; strongi; fenestrata; persona; scutum; testudinalis; cheiragonus; stroemii; parvus; snyderae; bioculata; kurliensis; insignis; lineata; marmorea; rubra; forbesi; glacialis; cancellata; clathratus; tenuisculptus; armillaris; hyalina; crassicornis; pacifica; velutina; atropurpureus; amygdaiea; normani; Boreas; Fairbanks; Fossa; Mitra; Kodiak; Modiolus modiolus; Alaska
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Study History: Comprehensive assessment of coastal habitat wa sinitiated as Coastal Habitat Study No. 1 in 1989. Phase I was conducted in summer 1989/spring 1990 and involved site selection/ground truthing. Phase II involved intensive evaluation of study sites to determine extent of injury to natural resources in supratidal, intertidal and subtidal areas. Phase II commenced in the fall of 1989 and continued through the summer of 1991. The supratidal component was completed in 1991 and a final report was submitted separately. The subtidal portion was integrated into a suite of other subtidal studies and findsings were also reported separately. Draft preliminary status reports were issued for the intertidal componenet in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993 by Highsmith et al. as Coastal Habitat Study No. 1: Phase II in 1990 and 1991 and No. 1A in 1992 and 1993. Abstract: The CoastalHabitat Injury Assessment Study was initiated to assess injury to intertidal habitats impacted by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The study, conducted from 1989-1991, encompassed three major geographical areas impacted by the spill: Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet-Kenia Peninsula and Kodiak-Alaska Peninsula. Oiled sites were selected randomly and matched with non-oiled sites and classified into sheltered rocky, exposed rocky, coarse textured or estuarine habitat. Statistically significant differences between oiled and non-oiled sites were interpreted as impact due to the spill and/or clean-up activities. Most observed differences varied across regions, habitats and tidal heights. Algae, especially the perennial Fucus, was generally negatively impacted on oiled sites. Conversely, an increase in annual and ephemeral species in the lower intertidal occurred. Limpets, mussels, littorines, and the high cockscomb prickleback were injured by the spill, while oligochaetes and a single barnacle species were enhanced at most tidal heights following the spill. Although intertidal communities showed widespread impact from oiling/clean-up activities for algal, invertebrate and fish components, data revealed most habitats were recovering but had fully recovered by 1991. Source: Highsmith, R.C., M.S. Stekoll, W.E. Barber, L. McDonald, D. Strickland and W.P. Erickson. 1994. Comprehensive assessment of coastal habitat, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill State/Federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment Final Report (Coastal Habitat Study Number 1A). School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.