Effects of Experimental Releases of Oil and Dispersed Oil on Arctic Nearshore Macrobenthos. III. Macroalgae

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Cross, William E., Wilce, Robert T., Fabijan, Michael F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Algae; Bottom sediments; Canada. Baffin Island Oil Spill Project; Environmental impacts; Marine oil spills; Plant growth; Primary production (Biology); Biomass; Hatt; Cape; waters; Nunavut; Ragged Channel; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Cape Hatt; Arctique*; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64869

An experimental subsurface release of chemically dispersed oil at Cape Hatt, northern Baffin Island, resulted in short-term relatively high oil concentrations in the water of two adjacent bays. Untreated oil released onto the surface of the third bay could not be detected in the water below a depth...