Effects of Petroleum Releases on Bacterial Numbers and Microheterotrophic Activity in the Water and Sediment of an Arctic Marine Ecosystem

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Bunch, J.N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Biodegradation; Bottom sediments; Canada. Baffin Island Oil Spill Project; Carbon; Chemical oceanography; Chlorophyll; Composition; Environmental impacts; Heterotrophic bacteria; Marine oil spills; Ocean temperature; Petroleum; Salinity; Sea water; Hatt; Cape; waters; Nunavut; Ragged Channel; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Cape Hatt; Northwest Territories; Arctique*; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64866

The effects of petroleum slick and chemically dispersed petroleum on bacterial numbers and microheterotrophic activity (uptake of glutamic acid by heterotrophic microorganisms) were monitored in the water column and sediments of selected bays at Cape Hatt, Northwest Territories. Observations were ma...