U.S. Department of the Interior
Minerals Management Service
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
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| FOR RELEASE: | April 1999 |
Development and Application of the Sublethal Toxicity Test to PAH
Using Marine Harpacticoid Copepods
Final Report
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, announces the availability of a new study report, Development and Application of the Sublethal Toxicity Test to PAH Using Marine Harpacticoid Copepods, Final Report.
The objective of this study was to develop an experimental protocol to determine the effects of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) on estuarine harpacticoids and to use this technique to apply it to specific problems associated with contaminant effects. The report provides information about the effects of sediment-bound PAH’s on survivorship and reproduction of harpacticoid copepods through the development of a sublethal toxicity-testing system.
For more information about the Environmental Studies Program, contact the Environmental Sciences Section (MS 5430), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394, telephone (504) 736-2789.
You can obtain copies of the report from the Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, at a charge of $3.00 by referencing OCS Study MMS 99-0001. You can obtain this report also from the National Technical Information Service by referencing PB99-136244. Here are the addresses. You may also inspect copies at selected Federal Depository Libraries.
| Minerals Management Service Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Public Information Office (MS 5034) 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394 Telephone requests may be placed at (504) 736-2519 or 1-800-200-GULF or FAX: (504) 736-2620 INTERNET: http://www.mms.gov/ |
U.S. Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, Virginia 22161 (703) 487-4650 or FAX: (703) 321-8547 Rush Orders: 1-800-336-4700 |
MMS is the Federal Agency that manages the Nation’s oil and gas and other mineral resources on the OCS and collects, accounts for, and last year disbursed about $6 billion in revenues from Federal offshore mineral leases and from onshore mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands.
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