The Effects of Oil From the T/V Puerto Rican on Recruitment and Recovery of Barnacle Populations
Chow V, Connors PG, Geller JB, Sullivan L. 1985. The Effects of Oil From the T/V Puerto Rican on Recruitment and Recovery of Barnacle Populations. Purchase Order No. PX853050228. University of California Bodega Marine Laboratory. Bodega Bay, California
A report describing the effects of persistent oil residues on barnacle populations in Bodega Harbor and the waters near Bodega Head. Oil that spilled from the T/V Puerto Rican during October and November of 1884 covered stretches of both rocky and sandy shoreline, and left residues which persisted from at least several months after initial contact. Populations on intertidal organisms were exposed to the physical and chemical effects of the oil, and an example of the impact was clearly visible on a section of rocky shore on Southern Bodega Head at the northern boundary on the Point Reyes/Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Essentially all barnacles died within a 10-meter length of the south jetty at the entrance to Bodega Harbor during the first month after the tanker accident. Further barnacle mortality was observed inside Bodega Harbor. In these areas, oil residues stained the substrata and remaining, empty barnacle tests, and other associated invertebrate species also died or moved away.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Chow, Victor; Connors, Peter; Geller, Jonathan; Sullivan, Laurie
- Date of Issue
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of California Bodega Marine Laboratory
- Units
- PORE