Shock resistance and observer classification of pink salmon eggs
By: John F. Thedinga ... [et al.].
Contributors: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Publisher: EVOS Trustee Council
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Anchorage, Alaska
Language: eng
Subjects: Pink salmon; Eggs; Case studies; Mortality; Hydraulic machinery; Shock (Mechanics)
Other titles: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project final report
Description: This reports concludes oil toxicity as the cause of higher embryo mortality among pink salmon during routine hydraulic sampling in the Prince William Sound to assess to impact of spilled oil on pink salmon streams. To test the resistance of naturally spawned pink salmon eggs to mechanical shock, a study was conducted on Lovers Cove Creek on eastern Baranof Island in southeastern Alaska.
Notes: Additional authors on t.p.: Mark G. Carls, Jacek M. Maselko, Stanley D. Rice, Ronald A. Heintz, Robert E. Thomas.

Authors affiliated with Auke Bay Laboratory and California State University, Chico, Dept. of Biological Sciences.

"Restoration Project 01492."

"February 2003."

Includes bibliographical references.

Final report.

Also available in electronic format via Internet.

Funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council

This item was harvested from the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring Project web site:  http://www.gem.state.ak.us/Store/Final%5FReports/444.pdf in Jan. 2006 for the Alaska State Publications Program; remote access available via StaticURL.