Foreword: The evolution from species-specific damage assessment to ecosystem centric studies over the multi-decade period following the Exxon Valdez oil spill

ABSTRACT Ecological risk assessment principles are basic to the assessment of environmental injury during the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) process; however, what is sought is quantified injury, rather than quantified risk, to valued ecosystem components. These principles were used to develop an NRDA program for studies of injury to herring and pink salmon populations in Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska, following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Overall, exposures and subsequent effects of the spill on herring and salmon were minimal and post-spill harvests of the year's classes that were at greatest risk of spill injury were at or near record levels.

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Profiles of Fecal Porphyrins in River Otters Following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Marine Pollution Bulletin ◽

10.1016/s0025-326x(00)00073-4 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 40 (12) ◽

pp. 1132-1138 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Christopher Taylor ◽

Lawrence K Duffy ◽

R Terry Bowyer ◽

Gail M Blundell

Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Exxon Valdez ◽

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ◽

River Otters

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Sublethal effects of the (Exxon Valdez) oil spill on herring embryos and larvae: morphological, cytogenetic, and histopathological assessments, 19891991

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f96-174 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 53 (10) ◽

pp. 2355-2365 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

J E Hose ◽

M D McGurk ◽

G D Marty ◽

D E Hinton ◽

E D Brown ◽

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Keyword(s):

Oil Spill ◽

Sublethal Effects ◽

Exxon Valdez ◽

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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EFFORT TO RESCUE OTTERS AFTER SPILL IS IN DISPUTE

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.88.3.661 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 88 (3) ◽

pp. 661-661

Author(s):

J. F. L.

Keyword(s):

Crude Oil ◽

Oil Spill ◽

Preliminary Data ◽

Scientific Information ◽

Research Projects ◽

Exxon Valdez ◽

Sea Otters ◽

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill ◽

Rehabilitation Centers ◽

Government Contract

ANCHORAGE, April 20—Sea otters rescued from waters fouled by the Exxon Valdez oil spill fared poorly after their return to the wild last fall, and scientists working under Government contract say at least half may have perished over the winter. Nearly 900 dead otters were found after the tanker spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil in March 1989. An additional 360 were netted alive and brought to rehabilitation centers at Valdez, Seward, Homer and Kodiak. About 200 were later returned to Prince William Sound but some scientists say that as many as half may have perished and that the rehabilitation effort has been largely futile... The withholding of scientific information on the spill for legal reasons by all the parties is becoming a major source of controversy as research projects begin to generate at least preliminary data.

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