Hydrocarbon Biogeochemical Setting of the Baffin Island Oil Spill Experimental Sites. II. Water

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Cretney, Walter J., Green, David R., Fowler, Brian R., Humphrey, Blair, Fiest, David L., Boehm, Paul D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Canada. Baffin Island Oil Spill Project; Chemical oceanography; Environmental impacts; Hydrocarbons; Marine oil spills; Sea water; Trace elements; Eclipse Sound; Nunavut; Hatt; Cape; waters; Ragged Channel; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Cape Hatt; Arctique*; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64857

A baseline for petroleum residues in the waters of the Cape Hatt region of Baffin Island in arctic Canada was obtained in anticipation of controlled oil releases of the Baffin Island Oil Spill (BIOS) Project. Total aliphatic and aromatic residues reflecting multiple sources were found to be in the l...