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: coastal damage assessment; intertidal; EVOSTC; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Oil Spill; Exxon Valdez; Alaska; Benthic; Shoreline Habitat and Sensitivity; Fish; Invertebrates and Algae; acari; acrosiphonia; actiniidae; ahnfeltia fastigata; alaria; algae; alia tuberosa; alvinia carpenteri; alvinia sp; ampharetidae; amphictenidae; amphinomidae; amphipoda; ampithoe dalli; ampithoe simulans; analipus japonicus; annelida; anoplarchus purpurescens; anthopleura sp; anthopleura xanthogrammica; anthozoa; arachnida; arenicolidae; arthropoda; articulate coralline algae; ascidiacea; asellidae; astartidae; asteroidea; aves; balanomorpha; balanus crenatus; balanus glandula; balanus sp; bangia; bittium sp; bivalvia; blidingia; bopyridae; boreocingula katherinae; boreocingula sp; boreotrophon sp; brachyura; bryozoa; buccinum baeri; caecidae; calanoida; callithamnion pikeanum; calyptraeidae; cancer oregonensis; capitellidae; caprellidea; ceramium; cerithiidae; cerithiopsis sp; chaetomorpha; chaetomorpha melagonium; chilopoda; chironomidae; chordaria flagelliformis; chrysopetalidae; chthamalus dalli; cingula robusta scipio; cingula sp; cirratulidae; cladocera; cladophora; clinocardium nuttallii; clinocardium sp; clinocottus acuticeps; clinocottus sp; cnidaria; coleoptera; collembola; constantinea simplex; constantinia; copepoda; coralline; corophium sp; cottidae; crepidula perforans; crustacea; cryptobranchia alba; cryptochiton stelleri; cryptoniscidae; cryptosiphonia; cryptothir balani; cucumaria sp; cumacea; cylichna sp; cystoseira geminata; decapoda; dermasterias imbricata; desmarestia; desmeresdia; develaria; diaphana sp; dictyosiphon; dictyosiphon sinicola; dinophilidae; diplodonta impolita; diptera; dorvilleidae; drift; dumonyia contorta; echinodermata; echinoidea; echiuridae; echiurus echiurus alaskanus; eelgrass; elachista fucicola; endocladia; endocladia muricata; enteromorpha; enteromorpha clathrata; enteromorpha intestinalis; enteropneusta; epicaridea; erythrotrichia; eudesme virescens; eunicidae; euphausiacea; evasterias troschelii; exogone sp; falsicingula aleutica; falsicingula sp; fartulum occidentale; flabelligeridae; foraminiferida; fucus; fucus cottonii; fucus gardneri; gastropoda; gigartinaceae group; gloiopeltis furcata; gloiopeltus; gloiosiphonia capillaris; glyceridae; gnorimosphaeroma oregonense; gomontia polyrhiza; goniadidae; granulina margaritula; grapsidae; halosaccion; hapalogaster mertensii; harpacticoida; hemigrapsus oregonensis; hemigrapsus sp; henricia sp; hesionidae; hiatella arctica; hirudinea; hollenbergia; holothuroidea; hyas lyratus; hydrozoa; idotea wosnesenskii; idoteidae; insecta; irridea; isopoda; katharina tunicata; kellia laperousii; kelliidae; kornmannia leptoderma; lacuna sp; lacunidae; laminaria; leathesia difformis; lepidochitona dentiens; leptasterias hexactis; lethesia; liparis florae; liparis sp; lirularia succincta; littorina scutulata; littorina sitkana; littorina sp; lottia borealis; lottia digitalis; lottia pelta; lottia sp; lottiidae; lucina tenuisculpta; lumbrineridae; macoma balthica; macoma calcarea; macoma inquinata; macoma nasuta; macoma sp; mactridae; maldanidae; margarites beringensis; margarites pupillus; margarites sp; melibe leonina; membranoptera; micranellum crebricinctum; microcladia borealis; micronereis sp; modiolus modiolus; moelleria sp; mollusca; monostroma; montacutidae; mopalia ciliata; mopalia lignosa; mopalia muscosa; morphological group coarse filamentous reds; morphological group fine filamentous browns; morphological group fine filamentous reds; morphological group saccate reds; morphologicl group saccate browns; musculus discors; musculus sp; musculus vernicosus; mya arenaria; mya truncata; myelophycus; myidae; mysella tumida; mysidae; mytilidae; mytilus edulis; natica sp; nebalia sp; nemalion helminthoides; nematoda; nemertea; neodilsea; neoptilota; neoptilota asplenioides; neorhodemela; neorhodomela; nephtyidae; nereidae; nerillidae; nucella lamellosa; nucella lima; nucella sp; nudibranchia; ocenebra interfossa; ocenebra sp; odonata; odonthalia; odonthalia floccosa; odostomia sp; oligochaeta; oligocottus maculosus; onchidella borealis; onchidoris bilamellata; onoba sp; onuphidae; opheliidae; ophiuroidea; opisthobranchia; orbiniidae; osteichthyes; ostracoda; oweniidae; pagurus sp; palmaria; palmaria mollis; pandalidae; paraonidae; percent cover group neorhodomela; petalonia fascia; phaeophyta; pholididae; pholis laeta; pholis sp; pholoe minuta; phycodres; phycodrys riggii; phyllodocidae; phytichthys chirus; pilayella; pisaster ochraceus; platyhelminthes; pododesmus cepio; polychaeta; polycladida; polygordiidae; polynoidae; polyplacophora; polysaxia; polysiphonia; porifera; porphyra; priapulida; protodrilidae; protothaca staminea; psephenidae; pseudopythina compressa; pseudoscorpionida; pterosiphonia; ptilota; pugettia gracilis; punctaria; punctaria zosterafolia; pycnogonida; pycnopodia helianthoides; pylaiella; ralfsia fungiformis; ralfsiafungiform; rhizoclonium; rhodemela; rhodomela; rhodophyta; rhodymenia pertusa; rissoidae; sabellidae; saccocirridae; saxidomus gigantea; saxidomus sp; scagelia; scalibregmidae; schizoplax brandtii; scyphozoa; scytoceria; scytosiphon; searlesia dira; semibalanus balanoides; semibalanus cariosus; serpulidae; sigalionidae; siphonaria thersites; sipuncula; skeneopsis alaskana; solaster sp; soranthera; soranthera ulvoidea; sphacelaria; sphaerodoridae; sphaeromatidae; sphaerosyllis sp; spionidae; spirorbidae; spirorbis sp; staphylinidae; stichaeidae; strongylocentrotus purpuratus; strongylocentrotus sp; syllidae; tanaidacea; tardigrada; tectura fenestrata; tectura persona; tectura scutum; telmessus cheiragonus; terebellidae; terrestrial; thyasiridae; tiffaniella snyderae; tokidadendron kurliensis; tonicella lineata; total halosaccion; total neorhodomela; total rhodophyta; trematoda; trichotropis insignis; trophonopsis clathratus; turbellaria; turtonia minuta; ulothrix; ulva; ulva fenestrata; ulvaria; urospora; urticina crassicornis; urticina sp; velutinidae; veneridae; xiphister atropurpureus; Browns; Fairbanks; Kodiak; Modiolus modiolus
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Study History: Comprehensive assessment of coastal habitat was initiated 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 findings 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 Coastal Habitat 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. Publications: 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.