Lingering oil
Subtitle: bioavailability and effects of prey and predators
By: Brenda E. Ballachey, James L. Bodkin, Paul W. Snyder.
Contributors: Bodkin, James L.; Snyder, Paul W.; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council.
Publisher: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Anchorage, Alaska
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: Sea otter -- Effect of oil spills on -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound; Sea otter -- Marking -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons -- Physiological effect; Oil spills and wildlife -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound
Other titles: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project final report
Description: Blood and liver samples were collected from sea otters in oiled and unoiled sections of Prince William Sound to monitor health and blood cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) biomarker values. Sea otters in oiled areas had higher CYP1A levels and their livers were generally swollen and pale in color. However, the incidence of histopathological lesions of the liver were similar in samples from both areas.
Notes: Authors affiliated with: U.S.G.S., Alaska Science Center; Tamara Kondratyuk School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University (West Lafayette).

"Restoration project 030585 pt. II."

"November 2003."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-12).

Final report.

Available also via Internet.

Funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council

This item was harvested from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council web site:  http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/Store/Final_Reports/511.pdf in September 2006 for the Alaska State Publications Program; remote access available via StaticURL.