Executive Summary - Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Executive Summary - Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Executive Summary - Department of Invertebrate Zoology
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Taxonomic Analysi <strong>of</strong> "-^*erial Isolates . . . . . . 45<br />
etroleum Degrauation Experiments . . . . . . . . . . 46<br />
Continuous Dilutio .. Degradati.on Experiments . . . . . 46<br />
Chitin-Petroleum Degradation Studies . . . . . . . . 47<br />
Pure Culture Growth Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
His topathology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />
Preparation <strong>of</strong> Tissues for Sectioning . . . . . . . . 49 •<br />
Sec t ioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />
Staining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />
Preparation <strong>of</strong> Photemicrogranhs . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0<br />
Fish Food Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />
Lorting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50<br />
Data Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . 50<br />
Historical Finfish An^- ;s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51<br />
Trace Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51<br />
Preparation <strong>of</strong> `' siment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51<br />
Sediment Leachate Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
Sediment Total Digest Prepar :,tion . .<br />
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Preparation <strong>of</strong> Total Digest Solutions • from<br />
Benthic Macr<strong>of</strong>auna, Neuston, and Zooplankton . . . 52<br />
Analysis <strong>of</strong> the Dilute Acetic Acid Leach .abie<br />
Fraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
Analysis <strong>of</strong> Refractory Fraction . . . . . . . . . . . 52<br />
AA Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 53<br />
Hyd : ocarbons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />
Analysis <strong>of</strong> Field Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />
Liquid Chromatography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />
Gas Chromatography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />
Compound Identli :ca,iorn by Gas Chromatography-<br />
Mass Spec,- rometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53<br />
Chemistry Quality Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />
Trace Me tdls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />
Hydrocarbons . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />
SIGbIFICANT STUDY FLNDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56<br />
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Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56<br />
The Pelagic Realm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56<br />
The Benthic Realm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60<br />
F ind ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
The Pelagic K'ealm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61<br />
Shelf Hydrography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 ~<br />
Water Maas and Type Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
Subsurface Zooplankton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66<br />
Neuston<br />
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Dissolved . • and • Particulate Hydrocarbons . . . . . 73<br />
Zooplankton and Hydrocarbons . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
Bacteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75<br />
Particulate Trace Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
Trace Metals In Zooplankton/Neuston . . . . . . . . . 77<br />
The Benthic Realm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79<br />
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