Distribution of Hydrocarbons and Microbial Populations Related to Sedimentation Processes in Lower Cook Inlet and Norton Sound, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Atlas, Ronald M., Venkatesan, Mahalakshmi I., Kaplan, Issac R., Feely, Richard A., Griffiths, Robert P., Morita, Richard Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Biodegradation; Bottom sediments; Composition; Environmental impacts; Hydrocarbons; Microbial ecology; River discharges; Sedimentation; Marine pollution; Bering Sea; Cook Inlet; Alaska; Norton Sound; Arctic; Yukon; Arctique*; Kachemak; Yukon river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65326

In spring and summer 1978 and spring 1979 an integrated study was carried out to examine the interrelationships of physical (sediment deposition), chemical (organic carbon and hydrocarbon concentrations), and biological (microbial populations and activities) factors in the Cook Inlet and Norton Soun...