Biological Survey of Deep Subtidal (>20m) Marine Sediment Resources in Lower Kenai Peninsula and near Kodiak Island, Alaska: 1989 - 1991

• Main Author: Howard Feder
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Gulf of Alaska Data Portal
• Subjects: Exxon Valdez; community structure; prince william sound; infauna; deep benthos; benthic organisms; alaska; oil spill; evostc; exxon valdez oil spill trustee council; ACARIDA; ACEROIDES LATIPES; ACROCIRRIDAE; ACTINIARIA; ADONTORHINA CYCLIA; AEDICIRA ANTENNATA; AGLAOPHAMUS RUBELLA ANOPS; ALCYONACEA; ALIA GAUSAPATA; AMPELISCA AGASSIZI; AMPELISCA BIRULAI; AMPELISCA FURCIGERA; AMPELISCA MACROCEPHALA; AMPELISCIDAE; AMPHARETIDAE; AMPHICTEIS SCAPHOBRANCHIATA; AMPHICTENIDAE; AMPHIPODA; AMPHIURIDAE; ANAITIDES GROENLANDICA; ANTHOZOA; ANTHURIDAE; APHRODITA JAPONICA; APHRODITIDAE; APISTOBRANCHIDAE; APISTOBRANCHUS ORNATUS; ARABELLIDAE; ARCHAEOBALANIDAE; ARCHAEOGASTROPODA; ARICIDEA LOPEZ; ARICIDEA MINUTA; ARICIDEA NEOSUECICA; ARICIDEA RAMOSA; ARMANDIA BREVIS; ASCIDIACEA; ASCLEROCHEILUS BERINGIANUS; ASELLOTA; ASTARTE ALASKENSIS; ASTARTE ESQUIMAULTI; ASTARTE POLARIS; ASTARTIDAE; ASTEROIDEA; ASYCHIS SIMILIS; BALANOMORPHA; BALANUS CRENATUS; BARANTOLLA AMERICANA; BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA; BRADA SACHALINA; BRADA VILLOSA; BRANCHIOMALDANE VINCENTI; BRYOZOA; CALYPTRAEA FASTIGIATA; CALYPTRAEIDAE; CAMPYLASPIS PAPILLATA; CAMPYLASPIS UMBENSIS; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; CAPITELLIDAE; CAPRELLIDAE; CAPRELLIDEA; CARDIIDAE; CARDIOMYA PECTINATA; CARDIOMYA SP; CARDITIDAE; CARYOPHYLLIA ALASKENSIS; CEPHALASPIDEA; CHAETODERMA ROBUSTA; CHAETOPTERIDAE; CHAETOZONE SETOSA; CHRYSOPETALIDAE; CIDERINA CIDARIS; CIRRATULIDAE; CIRRIPEDIA; CISTENIDES GRANULATA; CLINOCARDIUM CILIATUM; CLINOCARDIUM FUCANUM; CNIDARIA; COCCULINA CASANICA; COMPSOMYAX SUBDIAPHANA; CONCHOCELE DISJUNCTA; COROPHIIDAE; CRENELLA DECUSSATA; CREPIDULA DORSATA; CREPIDULA GRANDIS; CRINOIDEA; CRUCIGERA IRREGULARIS; CRUCIGERA ZYGOPHORA; CRUSTACEA; CTENODISCUS CRISPATUS; CUCUMARIA LUBRICA; CUMACEA; CUMELLA VULGARIS; CYCLOCARDIA VENTRICOSA; CYCLOPOIDA; CYLICHNA ALBA; CYLICHNA ATTONSA; CYLICHNELLA CULCITELLA; CYLICHNELLA HARPA; CYLICHNELLA OLDROYDI; DECAMASTUS GRACILIS; DECAPODA; DENDRASTER EXCENTRICUS; DIASTYLIDAE; DIASTYLIS ALASKENSIS; DIASTYLIS ASPERA; DIASTYLIS BIDENTATA; DIASTYLIS DALLI; DIASTYLIS KOREANA; DORVILLEA PSEUDORUBROVITTATA; DORVILLEIDAE; DRILONEREIS FALCATA MINOR; ECHINARACHNIUS PARMA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHIURA; ECHIURUS ECHIURUS ALASKANUS; ERICTHONIUS HUNTERI; ETEONE LONGA; EUDORELLA EMARGINATA; EUDORELLA PACIFICA; EUDORELLOPSIS BIPLICATA; EUDORELLOPSIS INTEGRA; EUNICIDAE; EUPHROSINE BICIRRATA; EUPHROSINE HORTENSIS; EUPHROSINIDAE; FLABELLIFERA; FLABELLIGERIDAE; FORAMINIFERIDA; FUSITRITON OREGONENSIS; GAMMARIDAE; GASTROPODA; GASTROPTERON PACIFICUM; GLYCERA CAPITATA; GLYCERIDAE; GLYCINDE ARMIGERA; GLYCINDE PICTA; GNATHIA ELONGATA; GNATHIIDAE; GOLFINGIA MARGARITACEA; GOLFINGIIDAE; GONIADA MACULATA; GONIADIDAE; GYPTIS BREVIPALPA; HARPACTICOIDA; HARPINIOPSIS SANPEDROENSIS; HESIONIDAE; HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; HETEROMASTUS FILOBRANCHUS; HETEROPHOXUS OCULATUS; HIATELLA ARCTICA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; HUMILARIA KENNERLYI; HYDROZOA; IDANTHYRSUS ARMATUS; IDANTHYRSUS ORNAMENTATUS; ISCHNOCHITON INTERSTINCTUS; ISCHNOCHITON TRIFIDUS; ISCHNOCHITONIDAE; ISCHYROCERIDAE; ISOPODA; JAEROPSIDAE; JANIRIDAE; KELLIA SP; KINORHYNCHA; LAMPROPS AFFINIS; LAMPROPS QUADRIPLICATA; LAONICE CIRRATA; LAQUEUS CALIFORNIANUS; LEITOSCOLOPLOS PUGETTENSIS; LEPADIDAE; LEPETA CAECA; LEPETIDAE; LEPIDEPECREUM COMATUM; LEPIDOZONA RETIPOROSA; LEPTOCHITON RUGATUS; LEPTOCHITONIDAE; LEUCON NASICA; LEUCONIIDAE; LIMATULA SUBAURICULATA; LUCINA TENUISCULPTA; LUCINIDAE; LUCINOMA ANNULATA; LUMBRINERIDAE; LYONSIA ARENOSA; LYSIANASSIDAE; LYSIPPE LABIATA; MACOMA BROTA; MACOMA CALCAREA; MACOMA CARLOTTENSIS; MAGELONA BERKELEYI; MAGELONA LONGICORNIS; MALDANE GLEBIFEX; MALDANE SARSI SARSI; MALDANIDAE; MELINNA CRISTATA; MELINNA ELISABETHAE; MICRANELLUM CREBRICINCTUM; MIONTODISCUS PROLONGATUS; MODIOLUS MODIOLUS; MONTACUTIDAE; MUNNIDAE; MUSCULUS DISCORS; MYA TRUNCATA; MYRIOCHELE HEERI; MYRIOCHELE OCULATA; MYSELLA ALEUTIEA; MYSELLA TUMIDA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS EDULIS; MYXICOLA INFUNDIBULUM; NANNASTACIDAE; NATICA CLAUSA; NATICIDAE; NEMATODA; NEMOCARDIUM CENTIFILOSUM; NEPHTYIDAE; NEPHTYS CAECA; NEPHTYS CAECOIDES; NEPHTYS CILIATA; NEPHTYS CORNUTA; NEPHTYS CORNUTA FRANCISCANA; NEPHTYS FERRUGINEA; NEPHTYS LONGESETOSA; NEPHTYS PARADOXA; NEPHTYS PUNCTATA; NEPHTYS RICKETTSI; NEREIDAE; NICIPPE TUMIDA; NICOMACHE LUMBRICALIS; NICOMACHE PERSONATA; NINOE GEMMEA; NOTOMASTUS LINEATUS; NOTOPROCTUS PACIFICUS; NUCULA TENUIS; NUCULANA FOSSA; NUCULANA MINUTA; NUCULANIDAE; NUCULOIDA; ODONTOGENA BOREALIS; ODONTOSYLLIS PHOSPHOREA; OEDICEROTIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; OLIVELLA BAETICA; ONCHIDORIDIDAE; ONUPHIDAE; ONUPHIS CONCHYLEGA; OPHELIIDAE; OPHELINA ACUMINATA; OPHELINA BREVIATA; OPHIURA LUTKENI; OPHIURA SARSI; OPHIURIDAE; OPHIUROIDEA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; ORBINIIDAE; OSTRACODA; OWENIA FUSIFORMIS; OWENIIDAE; PACHYNUS BARNARDI; PALEANOTUS OCCIDENTALE; PANDORA FILOSA; PARAONELLA PLATYBRANCHIA; PARAONIDAE; PECTINARIA CALIFORNIENSIS; PEISIDICE ASPERA; PENNATULACEA; PENTAMERA POPULIFERA; PERIPLOMA ALEUTICA; PETALOPROCTUS TENUIS BOREALIS; PETALOSARSIA DECLIVIS; PHASCOLIAN STROEMBI; PHERUSA PLUMOSA; PHOLOE MINUTA; PHORONIDA; PHOTIS BREVIPES; PHOXOCEPHALIDAE; PHYLLODOCIDAE; PINNIXA EBURNA; PISTA CRISTATA; PISTA ELONGATA; PISTA MOOREI; PLATYHELMENTHES; PLEUSTES CATAPHRACTUS; PLEUSTIDAE; PODOCERIDAE; POLINICES PALLIDA; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA BRACHYCEPHALA; POLYDORA CARDALIA; POLYDORA POLYBRANCHIA; POLYDORA SOCIALIS; POLYNOE CANADENSIS; POLYNOIDAE; POLYODONTIDAE; POLYPLACOPHORA; PORIFERA; PRAXILLELLA AFINIS AFINIS; PRAXILLELLA GRACILIS; PRIAPULIDA; PRIONOSPIO CIRRIFERA; PRIONOSPIO STEENSTRUPI; PSEUDOCHITINOPOMA OCCIDENTALIS; PYCNOGONIDA; PYRAMIDELLIDAE; RETUSA OBTUSA; RHODINE BITORQUATA; RHYNCHOCOELA; ROCINELA AUGUSTATA; SABELLARIDAE; SABELLIDAE; SAXIDOMUS GIGANTEA; SCALIBREGMA INFLATUM; SCALIBREGMIDAE; SCAPHANDRIDAE; SCAPHOPODA; SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES; SEMIBALANUS CARIOSUS; SERPULIDAE; SERRIPES GROELANDICUS; SERRIPES LAPEROUSII; SIPUNCULA; SOLARIELLA OBSCURA; SOLARIELLA VARICOSA; SPHAERODORIDAE; SPHAERODOROPSIS MINUTA; SPHAERODOROPSIS SPHAERULIFER; SPHAERODORUM PAPILLIFER; SPHAEROSYLLIS BRANDHORSTI; SPHAEROSYLLIS ERINACEUS; SPHAEROSYLLIS HYSTRIX; SPIO CIRRIFERA; SPIO FILICORNIS; SPIOCHAETOPTERUS COSTARUM; SPIONIDAE; SPIROMOELLERIA KACHEMAKENSIS; SPIRORBIDAE; SPIRORBIS SP; STENOSEMUS ALBUS; STENOTHOIDAE; STERNASPIS SCUTATA; STRONGYLOCENTROTIDAE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS; SYLLIDAE; SYLLIS HYALINA; SYNCHELIDIUM RECTIPALMUM; SYRRHOE LONGIFRONS; TACHYRYNCHUS EROSUS; TANAIDACEA; TARDIGRADA; TAUBERIA GRACILIS; TELLINIDAE; TEREBELLIDAE; TEREBELLIDES STROEMI; TEREBRATALIA TRANSVERSA; TEREBRATULINA UNGUICULA; THELEPUS CINCINNATUS; THRACIA DEVEXA; THRACIA TRAPEZOIDES; THYASIRA CYGNUS; THYASIRIDAE; TIRON BIOCELLATA; TRAVISIA BREVIS; TRAVISIA FORBESI; TRAVISIA PUPA; TRICHBRANCHIDAE; TRICHOBRANCHUS GLACIALIS; TROCHIDAE; TROCHOCHAETA MULTISETOSA; TROPHONOPSIS TENUISCULPTUS; TURRIDAE; TYPOSYLLIS ALTERNATA; TYPOSYLLIS ARMILLARIS; TYPOSYLLIS HARTI; UNIDENTIFIED ANIMAL TISSUE; UROCHORDATA; UROTHOE DENTICULATA; VAUNTHOMPSONIA PACIFICA; VELUTINA VELUTINA; VENERIDAE; VOLUTOMITRA ALASKANA; YOLDIA AMYGDALEA; YOLDIA BERINGIANA; YOLDIA THRACIAEFORMIS; Anchorage; Lopez; Fossa; Parma; Harpa; Kodiak; Modiolus modiolus; Alaska
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Subtidal Study Number 2B was initiated as part of a detailed study plan in 1989 under AirlWater Study Number 2 (Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Induced Injury to Subtidal Marine Sediment Resources). In 1991, the project was reclassified as Subtidal Study Number 2 and renamed (Injury to Benthic Communities) and had distinct shallow tidal and deep tidal project objectives. In 1992, the two elements were split into separate project numbers 2A (Injury to Shallow Benthic Communities and 2B (Deep Water Benthos). This study was designed to assess the possible injury by petroleum, derived from the Exxon Valdez oil spill to benthic infaunal resources within Prince William Sound in water deeper than 20 m. The sampling plan was developed to coordinate with several other concurrent programs within Prince William Sound. Analyses of benthic biological data collected from 14 bays in Prince William Sound in 1990 at 40, 100 and > 100 m, by univariate and multivariate techniques, demonstrated no obvious disturbance effects on the benthic biota 16 months after the oil spill. In all multivariate analyses, the major environmental variables related to the composition of benthic assemblages were sediment parameters such as percent silt, clay, mud, percent water and amount of nitrogen and carbon in sediment. Although limited amounts of petroleum hydrocarbons and presence of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria were detected at some sites at 40 and 100 m in 1989 and 1990, minor or no impact was sustained by benthic fauna of the deep benthos within the Sound. It is apparent that the current speed within Prince William Sound during the oil spill was sufficient to flush out toxic fractions of the oil spill before they could damage the fauna within the deep benthos. References: Feder, H.M. 1995. Injury to deep benthos, Euon Valdez Oil Spill StatelFederal Natural Resource Damage Assessment Final Report (Subtidal Srudy Number 2B; AiriWater Study Number 2), Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Habitat and Restoration Division, Anchorage, Alaska.