EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM: HYDROCARBON ANALYSIS IN AN OIL PRODUCING AREA

Petroleum hydrocarbons are present in the water column in areas of offshore oil production. The chronic level of individual hydrocarbon types was I-10 ppb for offshore Louisiana. In cases where spills occur, the levels may approach the level at which photosynthetic microorganisms and animal eggs are adversely affected (parts-per-million range). Present analytical techniques are adequate to acpuire baseline chemical data and biological experiments can detect adverse effects' of aromatic hydrocarbons at environmentally realistic levels.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of Marine Environmental Implications of Offshore Drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. Edited by R.E. Smith. St. Petersburg, Fla.: State University System of Florida, Institute of Oceanography, Mar. 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Florida State University, St Petersburg

  Institute of Oceanography
  St Petersburg, FL  United States 
• Authors:
  • Darker, P L
• Publication Date: 1974-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 279-289

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detectors; Environmental impacts; Environmental quality; Monitoring; Offshore terminals; Oil spill cleanup; Oil spills; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals
• Old TRIS Terms: Biological effects (Oil); Biological monitoring; Oil content monitors; Oil detection; Oil spill monitoring
• Subject Areas: Environment; Geotechnology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126794
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Pollution Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM