Pristane in the neritic ecosystem of the northern Gulf of Alaska
By: Jeffrey W. Short
Contributors: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Publisher: EVOS Trustee Council
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Anchorage, Alaska
Language: eng
Subjects: Chemical oceanography; Hydrocarbons; Analysis; Food chains (Ecology); Coastal ecology
Other titles: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project final report
Description: A study on the utility of pristane as a natural chemical probe in the neritic food web for monitoring feeding, condition, and survival of copepod consumers, such as pink salmon. Pristane is a lipophilic branched alkane hydrocarbon produced by copepods. Hydrocarbon was analyzed in 3007 samples from 49 species.
Notes: Author affiliated with Auke Bay Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA.

"Restoration Project 02195."

Draft final report.

"June 2004."

Includes bibliographical references.

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/308.pdf in Jan. 2006 for the Alaska State Publications Program; remote access available via StaticURL.