Date Awarded

1977

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Department

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Advisor

Michael E. Bender

Committee Member

Donald F. Boesch

Committee Member

Gene M. Silberhorn

Committee Member

Richard L. Wetzel

Committee Member

Fredrick Kazama

Abstract

This dissertation is from the Joint Program Degree from the College of William & Mary and University of Virginia and awarded by the University of Virginia.

The effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on salt marsh grasses and gastropods were examined under three different circumstances. In the first study reported, a small pocket marsh was repeatedly dosed with small amounts of a No. 2 fuel oil. The second study investigated the effects of a large accidental spill of No. 6 fuel oil. The third study involved single doses of a fresh and a weathered crude oil on artificially enclosed segments of marsh.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21220/2ras-gb31

Rights

© The Author

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