Environmental Monitoring

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Long Term Environmental Monitoring Project
Dispersants
Alternative (Non-dispersing) Response Technologies
Hydrocarbon Toxicity
Science Night
Other Environmental Monitoring Reports and Documents

 

Long Term Environmental Monitoring Project (LTEMP)

  • Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Program: 2019 Sampling Results and Interpretations | May 7, 2020 | File size: 6.7 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell

  • Port Valdez Mussel Transcriptomics | November 20, 2019 | File size: 0.9 MB | Author: Lizabeth Bowen, Austin Love, Shannon Waters, Katrina Counihan, Brenda Ballachey, and Heather Coletti

  • Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Program: 2018 Sampling Results and Interpretations | August 1, 2019 | File size: 5.8 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell

  • Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Program: 2017 Sampling Results and Interpretations | September 1, 2018 | File size: 3.9 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell

  • LTEMP 2015 Sampling Results and Interpretations | December 1, 2016 | File size: 4.1 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell

  • LTEMP 1993-2015 (Excel Spreadsheet) | January 8, 2015 | File size: 5.4 MB

  • Long Term Environmental Monitoring Fact Sheet - Updated Dec 2014 | December 8, 2014 | File size: 0.4 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • LTEMP Results And Interpretations From Sampling, 2008-2013 | March 8, 2013 | File size: 2.3 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Jeffrey W. Short, Marie L. Larsen, Larry G. Holland

  • LTEMP 2008-2012 | December 8, 2012 | File size: 5.6 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Jeffrey W. Short, Marie L. Larsen, Larry G. Holland

  • LTEMP Data Sets 1993-2009 | November 29, 2010 | File size: 3.3 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell

  • LTEMP 2006-2008 | December 20, 2008 | File size: 5.8 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Jeffrey W. Short, Marie L. Larsen

  • LTEMP Program Review | October 1, 2007 | File size: 0.3 MB | Author: BGES, Inc

  • LTEMP 2005-2006 | December 1, 2006 | File size: 4.6 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Jeffrey W. Short, Marie L. Larsen

  • LTEMP Ecology Of Tidal Flat Communities of the Copper River Delta | April 11, 2006 | File size: 0.5 MB | Author: Sean P. Powers, Mary Anne Bishop, Erika Clesceri, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

  • LTEMP Errata For Kinnetic Laboratories Report | March 1, 2006 | File size: 0.1 MB | Author: Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc.

  • LTEMP Kinnetic Laboratories Reference Oils Report | March 1, 2006 | File size: 1.7 MB | Author: Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc.

  • LTEMP 2000-2002 Appendix B And C | December 28, 2005 | File size: 4.7 MB | Author: Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc.

  • LTEMP 2004-2005 | February 10, 2005 | File size: 2.2 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Jeffrey W. Short, Marie L. Larsen

  • LTEMP 2003-2004 | December 28, 2004 | File size: 2.5 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Jeffrey W. Short

  • LTEMP 2002-2003 Summary | December 28, 2003 | File size: 0.1 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Jeffrey W. Short

  • LTEMP 2002-2003 | December 28, 2003 | File size: 1.3 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Jeffrey W. Short

  • LTEMP 2000-2002 Appendix D | December 28, 2002 | File size: 2.4 MB | Author: Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc.

  • LTEMP 2000-2002 Appendix A | December 28, 2002 | File size: 3.7 MB | Author: Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc.

  • LTEMP 2000-2002 | December 28, 2002 | File size: 13.7 MB | Author: Kinetic Laboratories

  • Assessing Transport And Exposure Pathways and Potential Petroleum Toxicity to Marine Resources in Port Valdez, Alaska, 2001 | December 8, 2001 | File size: 0.6 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell

  • LTEMP Port Valdez Monitoring | January 4, 2001 | File size: 3.6 MB | Author: Michael H. Salazar, Jeffrey W. Short, Sandra M. Salazar, James R. Payne

  • LTEMP 1999-2000 | December 28, 2000 | File size: 3.8 MB | Author: Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc.

  • LTEMP 1998-1999 | December 28, 1999 | File size: 2.1 MB | Author: Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc.

  • LTEMP Caged Mussel Study From Applied Biometering | February 16, 1999 | File size: 6.5 MB | Author: Applied Biomonitoring

  • LTEMP 1997-1998 | December 28, 1998 | File size: 1.7 MB | Author: Kinnetic Laboratories, Inc.

  • LTEMP 1993-1996 Non-technical | December 28, 1996 | File size: 0.8 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Dennis C. Lees

  • LTEMP 1993-1996 | December 28, 1996 | File size: 9.3 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell, Dennis C. Lees

  • LTEMP Data Sets Metadata | December 26, 1990 | File size: 89 KB


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    Dispersants

  • Dispersants Research Database - Complete To 2018 | May 24, 2018 | File size: 0.2 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • September 2017 Berth 5 Oil Spill - Sampling Results and Interpretations | April 7, 2018 | File size: 1.4 MB | Author: James R. Payne, William B. Driskell

  • A Review Of Literature Related To Human Health And Oil Spill Dispersants, 2014-2018 | April 1, 2018 | File size: 0.8 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • A Review Of Literature Related To Oil Spill Dispersants, September 2017 | September 1, 2017 | File size: 6.6 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science; Editor: Elise Decola, Nuka Research

  • A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Dispersants | June 7, 2017 | File size: 5.3 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Dispersants Monitoring Protocol - July 2016 | July 1, 2016 | File size: 3.6 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • PWSRCAC Comments On Subpart J April 16 2015 | April 16, 2015 | File size: 1.6 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Key Issues And Summary Comments On Subpart J | April 1, 2015 | File size: 0.1 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • A Review Of Literature Related To Oil Spill Dispersants, 2011-2014 | June 7, 2014 | File size: 1.0 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • PWSRCAC’s Comments On The Proposed Dispersant Use Authorization Plan - February 2014 | February 4, 2014 | File size: 0.7 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Discussion Points For Public Meetings On Changes To Dispersant Use Guidelines | November 11, 2013 | File size: 0.1 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Cover Letter To Stakeholders On Changes To Dispersant Use Guidelines - November 11 2013 | November 11, 2013 | File size: 0.5 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Why PWSRCAC Does Not Support The Use Of Chemical Dispersants - November 2013 | November 7, 2013 | File size: 84 KB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Overview Of Changes To Dispersant Guidelines - November 11 2013 | November 1, 2013 | File size: 0.4 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Ingestion And Effects Of Dispersed Oil On Marine Zooplankton - January 2013 | January 1, 2013 | File size: 1.8 MB | Author: Richard Lee, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

  • July 20 2012 PWSRCAC Dispersant Guidelines Comment | July 20, 2012 | File size: 0.4 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Observations, Questions, And Recommendations Regarding Use Of Dispersants On The BP Deepwater Horizon Spill | September 16, 2010 | File size: 77 KB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Observations, Questions, and Recommendations Regarding Use of Dispersants on the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill | September 15, 2010 | File size: 0.1 MB | Author: PWSRCAC's Scientific Advisory Committee

  • Stakeholder Comments to the ARRT Science & Technology Committee regarding Revision of the Dispersant Guidelines | July 1, 2009 | File size: 1.4 MB | Author: John S. French, Ph.D.; Joseph Banta; Linda Swiss

  • A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Dispersants Especially Relevant to Alaska 2002-2008 | September 7, 2008 | File size: 1.5 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Dispersants 1997-2008 | September 1, 2008 | File size: 1.8 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Dispersant Fact Sheet | January 7, 2007 | File size: 0.6 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Oil Spill Dispersant Effectiveness Testing in OHMSETT February – March 2006 | May 1, 2006 | File size: 2.0 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Dispersant Use Position Statement | May 1, 2006 | File size: 28 KB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Dispersant Position Paper | April 26, 2006 | File size: 43 KB | Author: PWSRCAC's Scientific Advisory Committee

  • Chemical Dispersants Program | April 1, 2006 | File size: 68 KB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • Cold Water Dispersant Test Ohmsett | March 3, 2006 | File size: 2.1 MB | Author: Elise DeCola, Nuka Research and Planning Group, Merv Fingas, Environmental Technology Centre, Environment Canada

  • Stability And Resurfacing Of Dispersed Oil - Summary of Report | November 7, 2005 | File size: 14 KB | Author: PWSRCAC's Scientific Advisory Committee

  • Stability And Resurfacing Of Dispersed Oil | November 1, 2005 | File size: 16.1 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • A Survey of Tank Facilities for Testing Oil Spill Dispersants | May 1, 2005 | File size: 5.0 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • A Survey Of Tank Facilities For Testing Oil Spill Dispersants | May 1, 2005 | File size: 5.0 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Environmental Technology Centre

  • Dispersants, Salinity and Prince William Sound | December 7, 2004 | File size: 5.5 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Review of Monitoring Protocols for Dispersant Effectiveness | August 1, 2003 | File size: 0.4 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • A White Paper on Oil Spill Dispersant Effectiveness Testing in Large Tanks | November 1, 2002 | File size: 0.2 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • A White Paper on Oil Spill Dispersant Field Testing | May 1, 2002 | File size: 2.0 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Dispersants Especially Relevant to Alaska | March 7, 2002 | File size: 0.3 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Report on Visit to OHMSETT to Observe Exxon/MMS Cold-Water Dispersant Tests | March 1, 2002 | File size: 2.0 MB | Author: Stan Jones, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council

  • The Effectiveness of Corexit 9527 and 9500 in Dispersing Fresh, Weathered, and Emulsion of Alaska North Slope Crude under Subarctic Conditions | April 1, 2001 | File size: 0.7 MB | Author: Adam Moles, Larry Holland, and Jeffrey Short

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    Alternative (Non-dispersing) Response Technologies

  • Surfacewashing Agents Or Beach Cleaners | January 1, 2013 | File size: 1.0 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Review Of Solidifiers An Update 2013 | January 1, 2013 | File size: 0.6 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Review Of Oil Spill Herders | January 1, 2013 | File size: 0.5 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • A Review of Literature Related to Oil Spill Solidifiers 1990-2008 | September 12, 2008 | File size: 1.0 MB | Author: Merv Fingas Environmental Technology Centre


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    Hydrocarbon Toxicity

  • Literature Survey: Effects Of Hydrocarbons On Mussel Genomics | December 1, 2015 | File size: 0.9 MB | Author: Brenda Ballachey, Lizabeth Bowen, Shannon Waters, A. Keith Miles

  • Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Port Valdez Shrimp And Sediment - January 2015 | January 7, 2015 | File size: 2.3 MB | Author: Mark G. Carls, Larry Holland, Erik Pihl, Marilyn A. Zaleski, John Moran, and Stanley D. Rice

  • Toxicology Of Chemical Dispersants In Alaskan Whales 2014 | November 7, 2014 | File size: 2.4 MB | Author: John Pierce Wise, Sr., Ph.D. University of Southern Maine

  • Embryonic Crude Oil Exposure Causes Cardiac Hypertrophy And Reduced Aerobic Performance In Juvenile Pink Salmon And Pacific Herring | January 23, 2014 | File size: 0.9 MB | Author: John P. Incardona, Mark G. Carls, Larry Holland, Tiffany L. Linbo, David H. Baldwin, Mark S. Myers, Karen A. Peck, Mark Tagal, Stanley D. Rice, and Nathaniel L. Scholz

  • Analysis of Oil Biodegradation Products | June 1, 2013 | File size: 0.2 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Toxicity Effects Of Dispersed Alaska North Slope Oil On Fish - Final Report, March 2013- Appendices A-H | March 1, 2013 | File size: 4.7 MB | Author: Centre for Offshore Oil, Gas and Energy Research (COOGER); Bedford Institute of Oceanography Department of Fisheries and Oceans Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Toxicity Effects Of Dispersed Alaska North Slope Oil On Fish - Final Report, March 2013 | March 1, 2013 | File size: 3.3 MB | Author: Centre for Offshore Oil, Gas and Energy Research (COOGER); Bedford Institute of Oceanography Department of Fisheries and Oceans Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Summary of report: Accumulation Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Summary | August 17, 2005 | File size: 16 KB | Author: PWSRCAC's Scientific Advisory Committee

  • Accumulation Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | August 1, 2005 | File size: 5.7 MB

  • Assessment of the Phototoxicity of Weathered Alaska North Slope Crude Oil to Juvenile Pink Salmon | December 1, 2003 | File size: 60 KB | Author: Mace G. Barron, P.E.A.K. Research

  • Photoenhanced Toxicity of Aqueous Phase and Chemically-Dispersed Weathered Alaska North Slope Crude Oil to Pacific Herring Eggs and Larvae | February 11, 2002 | File size: 1.7 MB | Author: Mace G. Barron, P.E.A.K. Research

  • Potential for Photoenhanced Toxicity of Spilled Oil in Prince William Sound and Gulf of Alaska Waters | March 1, 2000 | File size: 0.3 MB | Author: Mace G. Barron


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    Science Night

  • 2018 Science Night Speakers And Topics - Updated Nov 29 | December 25, 2018 | File size: 1.4 MB

  • Science Night 2017 - A low-angle view: making sense of Cook Inlet's complex rock platform and reef habitats | November 30, 2017 | File size: 9.1 MB | Author: Sue Saupe

  • Science Night 2017 - Seabird Habitat Restoration: A case study in predator reduction | November 30, 2017 | File size: 5.5 MB | Author: Sam Stark

  • Science Night 2017 - Status of Subsistence Uses in EVOS-Area Communities, 2014 | November 30, 2017 | File size: 2.4 MB | Author: James Fall

  • Science Night 2017 - We are Watching! Long-term Monitoring Program of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council | November 30, 2017 | File size: 4.6 MB | Author: Mandy Lindeberg

  • Science Night 2017 - K9 Oil Detection | November 30, 2017 | File size: 11.2 MB | Author: Scott Pegau

  • 2017 Science Night Live - Flyer | November 13, 2017 | File size: 0.8 MB

  • Science Night 2016 - Zooplankton Big Talk About Tiny Critters | December 29, 2016 | File size: 1.3 MB | Author: Caitlin McKinstry, Prince William Sound Science Center

  • Science Night 2016 - Alaska ShoreZone | December 29, 2016 | File size: 1.8 MB | Author: Mandy Lindberg

  • Science Night 2016 - Mesoscale Atmospheric Modeling | December 29, 2016 | File size: 3.0 MB | Author: Peter Q. Olsson, Alaska Experimental Forecast Facility

  • Science Night 2016 - Mom Knows Best - Killer Whale Culture In Prince William Sound | December 29, 2016 | File size: 1.9 MB | Author: Dan Olsen

  • Science Night 2016 - Lingering Oil In PWS | December 29, 2016 | File size: 1.2 MB | Author: Mandy Lindberg

  • Science Night 2015 - Aaron Poe - Presentation | December 5, 2015 | File size: 5.0 MB

  • Science NIght 2015 - Scott Pegau | December 3, 2015 | File size: 1.5 MB

  • Science Night 2015 - John Incardona Presentation | December 3, 2015 | File size: 1.0 MB

  • Science Night 2015 - Dan Esler Presentation | December 3, 2015 | File size: 1.5 MB

  • 2015 Science Night Live Flier | October 27, 2015 | File size: 0.5 MB

  • Science Night Flyer 2014 | December 4, 2014 | File size: 0.7 MB

  • Science Night 2013 - Columbia Glacier Winds Down - Estimates Of Future Iceberg Discharge | February 7, 2014 | File size: 26.8 MB

  • Science Night 2013 - Monitoring For Invasive Green Crab In Cordova By Sarah Hoepfner | December 13, 2013 | File size: 1.2 MB

  • Science Night 2013 - Flyer | December 10, 2013 | File size: 0.7 MB

  • Science Night 2013 - An overview of recent research on oil spill dispersants. By Merv Fingas. | December 5, 2013 | File size: 2.2 MB

  • Science Night 2013 - Presentation on the toxic impacts of hydrocarbons (crude oil) on salmon and herring | December 5, 2013 | File size: 9.4 MB | Author: Mark Carls

  • Science Night 2013 - Presentation on testing ballast water for invasive species in Port Valdez & other U.S. ports. By Danielle Verna | December 4, 2013 | File size: 3.6 MB

  • Science Night 2013 - Presentation on the fresh water/glacier influences in the bays and fjords of Prince William Sound, especially those areas used by juvenile herring - By Shelton Gay | December 4, 2013 | File size: 6.4 MB

  • 2012 Science Night Flyer | November 25, 2012 | File size: 0.9 MB | Author: PWSRCAC

  • 2011 Science Night Incardona Presentation | December 15, 2011 | File size: 2.2 MB

  • 2011 Science Night Rice Presentation | December 15, 2011 | File size: 0.5 MB

  • 2011 Science Night Johnson Presentation | December 8, 2011 | File size: 1.6 MB

  • 2011 Science Night Li Presentation | December 7, 2011 | File size: 0.8 MB

  • 2011 Science Night Greer Presentation | December 7, 2011 | File size: 1.6 MB

  • 2011 Science Night Burridge Presentation | December 7, 2011 | File size: 0.6 MB

  • 2011 Science Night Flyer | December 6, 2011 | File size: 0.4 MB

  • 2010 Science Night Flyer | November 16, 2011 | File size: 0.8 MB

  • 2009 Science Night Flyer | November 16, 2011 | File size: 0.2 MB

  • 2008 Science Night Flyer | November 12, 2008 | File size: 1.0 MB

  • 2006 Science Night Flyer | November 22, 2006 | File size: 0.2 MB

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    Other Environmental Monitoring Reports and Documents

  • Winter Species In Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1989-2016 | September 1, 2016 | File size: 0.4 MB | Author: Anne Schaefer, Prince William Sound Science Center

  • Review of the 2015 Alaska North Slope Oil Properties Relevant to Environmental Assessment and Prediction | June 8, 2016 | File size: 1.1 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Updated: Analysis of Crude Oil Tanker Ballast Water Data for Valdez & Prince William Sound, Alaska - February 2016 | February 29, 2016 | File size: 2.9 MB | Author: Danielle Verna

  • Polar Compounds in Alaska North Slope Oil and Other Oils: A Literature Survey and Synthesis - February 2016 | February 1, 2016 | File size: 3.6 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Satellite-Based Pollution Monitoring in Prince William Sound | January 1, 2016 | File size: 2.8 MB | Author: C-Core

  • Saline Layering In Prince William Sound | October 7, 2010 | File size: 5.0 MB | Author: Musgrave Oceanographic Analysis

  • Report On Non Mechanical Response | November 17, 2008 | File size: 0.3 MB

  • Salinity Weathering And Resurfacing Database | March 10, 2008 | File size: 44 KB

  • Sediment Coring Program Final Monitoring Report | January 31, 2006 | File size: 2.9 MB

  • Review of Oil Spill Responses on Moderately-Sized Spills in US Waters from 1993-2000 | December 28, 2005 | File size: 0.3 MB

  • A Review of the Emulsification Tendencies and Long-Term Petroleum Trends of Alaska North Slope (ANS) Oils | August 22, 2005 | File size: 1.5 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Heated And Under Reported Oil OHMSETT | July 1, 2004 | File size: 0.2 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Weather Windows For Oil Spill Countermeasures | January 28, 2004 | File size: 8.8 MB | Author: Merv Fingas, Spill Science

  • Critical Evaluation of Chemical Response to Oil Spills: Ecological Research Forum (CROSERF) Test Methods for Oil Dispersant Toxicity Testing under Subarctic Conditions | January 1, 2003 | File size: 0.2 MB | Author: Mace G. Barron P.E.A.K. Research

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