Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
Mytilus edulis, Mytilus californianus, Crassostrea virginica and Ostrea
equestris were sampled at 90 to 100 stations around the United States coastline
during each of three years- 1976, 1977, 1978. Data for concentrations of PCB,
DDE, total hydrocarbons, gas chromatographically unresolved complex mixture
hydrocarbons, and selected aromatic hydrocarbons are presented for most of the
samples. Similar data for monthly samples of Mytilus edulis from Narragansett
Bay, Rhode Island, U.S.A. and Mytilus californianus from Bodega Head, California,
U.S.A. and laboratory intercalibrations are presented and discussed.
Monthly temporal changes of factors of two to ten were found for ·organic
pollutants in mussels from the Narragansett Bay station. Concentrations of
PCBs and fossil fuel hydrocarbons for some urban stations were one to two
orders of magnitude higher than those in remote areas. The northeast
"megapolis" of the U.S. coast from the Chesapeake Bay area to Boston,
Massachusetts clearly shows elevated concentrations of PCBs and fossil fuel
hydrocarbons. The composition of aromatic hydrocarbons in samples with
elevated concentrations shows both the influence of oil spill or chronic oil
inputs and pyrogenic sources.
Description:
Prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part
of a subcontract from Grant R 8042-15 to Scripps Institution of Oceanography and for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a
grant to the Coastal Research Center.
Keywords:
Hydrocarbons
;
Polychlorinated biphenyls
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Technical Report
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