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Vol. 53 - Alaska Resources Library and Information Services

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interfered with feeding, gonadal development, <strong>and</strong> bioenergetics of M. calcarea. Similar<br />

responses have been reported in bivalve molluscs impacted by the Chedabucto Bay, Nova<br />

Scotia oil spill (Gilfillan <strong>and</strong> V<strong>and</strong>ermeulin, 1978) <strong>and</strong> the Amoco Cadiz oil spill in<br />

Brittany, France (Neff <strong>and</strong> Haensly, 1982). Interestingly, M. calcarea from Bay 9 did not<br />

have an elevated incidence of histopathological lesions compared to clams from other<br />

bays. M. calcarea from Bay 11 (receiving undispersed crude oil) did have an increased<br />

incidence of parasitism <strong>and</strong> hemolytic infiltration, <strong>and</strong> one specimen had a blood<br />

neoplasm. One year after the spill, these clams had a high incidence of vacuolization of<br />

the digestive tubule epithelium, a pathological condition also reported in bivalve molluscs<br />

transplanted to a site heavily contaminated by the Amoco Cadiz oil spill (Wolfe et al.,<br />

1981).<br />

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