LARGE-SCALE CONTINUOUS FLOW EXPOSURE SYSTEMS FOR STUDYING THE FATE AND EFFECTS OF CHEMICALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISPERSED OIL ON BENTHIC MARINE COMMUNITIES

摘要

Large-scale(4,500 L)exposure tanks supplied with a high-volume flow of seawater(3 turnovers/tank/day)were used to assess the effects of oil and oil dispersant exposures-&t assemblages of compatible marine organisms.The tanks were filled(15 cm deep)with clean.Natural sediments and a natural benthic community to become established before the test animals were introduced into the tanks.The test animals used in this study included juvenile lobsters(Homarus americanus),bay scallops(Argopecten irradians),soft-shelled clams(Mya arenaria),and blue mussels(Mytilus edulis),all of which are commercially important species in New England.