Effect of an oil spill in Spitzbergen in 1978 |
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| Authors: | Bjørn Gulliksen Jens Petter Taasen |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Marine Biology, Tromsø Museum, University of Tromsø, P.O. Box 2550, N-9001 Tromsø, Norway.;2. Institute of Biology and Geology, University of Tromsø, P.O. Box 790, N-9001 Tromsø, Norway. |
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| Abstract: | The oil content in the sediment and the marine life along the arctic shores of Van Mijenfjord, Spitzbergen, were investigated about two years after a spill from diesel storage tanks. High values of oil were recorded in the sediment along the shore near the tanks. The shore fauna is generally poor in these areas and the only biological effect detected was the disappearance of the amphipod Gammarus setosus from the surface layers. |
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