The West Falmouth Oil Spill: ∼100 Kg of Oil Found to Persist Decades Later

Peacock, Emily E.; Nelson, Robert K.; Solow, Andrew R.; Warren, Joseph D.; Baker, Jessica L.; Reddy, Christopher M.

doi:10.1080/15275920500194480

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“…3). Again, this concurs with Reddy et al (2002) and Peacock et al (2005), who generally found the highest oil concentrations to be at or near 12 cm (Fig. 3b).…”

Section: Burrowing Behaviorsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Great Sippewissett marsh has no detectable oil in it. Median burrow depth at Wild Harbor coincides with sediment depths where Reddy et al (2002) and Peacock et al (2005) first detect oil from the surface downward. In addition within oiled areas (TPHs content per core > 100g m -2 ; Peacock et al, 2005), no U. pugnax burrows were found to reach depths greater than 14 cm in Wild Harbor (Fig.…”

Section: Burrowing Behaviormentioning

confidence: 81%

“…One particular advantage of this study was that Peacock et al (2005) instead of oil concentration in mg g -1 because the approach avoided problems with the coarse resolution at which these sediment cores were split (4 cm) and compaction (Peacock et al, 2005). With these results, the latter authors then mapped the total oil content in Wild Harbor in g m -2 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…2 fuel oil was still present 8 to 20 cm below the salt marsh surface (Fig. 3b) across Wild Harbor (Frysinger et al, 2003;Reddy et al, 2002;Slater et al, 2005;White et al 2005a, b;Peacock et al, 2005). The oiled sediments are now overlain by subsequent accretion, about 0.35 cm yr -1 , of salt marsh sediments devoid of oil (White et al, 2005a).…”

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“…This current PAH content is 40x greater than thresholds thought to be associated with the incidence of biological effects (Long et al, 1995), assuming that the biological response for parent and alkylated PAHs is the same. Therefore, petroleum hydrocarbons from the Florida spill persist, at remarkable concentrations, at depth in the anoxic sediments in some areas of Wild Harbor (Teal et al, 1992;Reddy et al, 2002;White et al 2005b;Peacock et al, 2005). …”

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“…3). Again, this concurs with Reddy et al (2002) and Peacock et al (2005), who generally found the highest oil concentrations to be at or near 12 cm (Fig. 3b).…”

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Abstract-Hydrocarbon-inducible cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) expression was measured, as ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity, in livers of wintering harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) captured in areas of Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, oiled by the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill and in birds from nearby unoiled areas, during 2005 to 2009 (up to 20 years following the spill). The present work repeated studies conducted in 1998 that demonstrated that in harlequin ducks using areas that received Exxon Valdez oil, EROD activity was elevated nearly a decade after the spill. The present findings strongly supported the conclusion that average levels of hepatic EROD activity were higher in ducks from oiled areas than those from unoiled areas during 2005 to 2009. This result was consistent across four sampling periods; furthermore, results generated from two independent laboratories using paired liver samples from one of the sampling periods were similar. The EROD activity did not vary in relation to age, sex, or body mass of individuals, nor did it vary strongly by season in birds collected early and late in the winter of 2006 to 2007, indicating that these factors did not confound inferences about observed differences between oiled and unoiled areas. We interpret these results to indicate that harlequin ducks continued to be exposed to residual Exxon Valdez oil up to 20 years after the original spill. This adds to a growing body of literature suggesting that oil spills have the potential to affect wildlife for much longer time frames than previously assumed. Environ. Toxicol.

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The West Falmouth Oil Spill: ∼100 Kg of Oil Found to Persist Decades Later

Cited by 36 publications

References 30 publications

Long-term biological effects of petroleum residues on fiddler crabs in salt marshes

Long-term biological effects of petroleum residues on fiddler crabs in salt marshes

Packed‐Bed Capillary Microscopy on BP‐Oil‐Spill Oil in Porous Media

Cytochrome P4501A biomarker indication of oil exposure in harlequin ducks up to 20 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

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