The Fate of Chemically Dispersed and Untreated Crude Oil in Arctic Benthic Biota

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Humphrey, B., Boehm, P.D., Hamilton, M.C., Norstrom, R.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Benthos; Bioassays; Biodegradation; Canada. Baffin Island Oil Spill Project; Environmental impacts; Hydrocarbons; Marine oil spills; Oil spill dispersants; Crude oil; Trace elements; Weathering; Eclipse Sound; Nunavut; Hatt; Cape; waters; Ragged Channel; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Cape Hatt; Arctique*; Baffin; Serripes groenlandicus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64864

Subtidal benthic biota were monitored for petroleum hydrocarbons following two experimental oil spills at Cape Hatt, N.W.T., Canada. In one spill oil was chemically dispersed into the water column, and in the other oil was released onto the water surface and allowed to strand on the shoreline. In ad...