Mortality of fish subjected to explosive shock as applied to oil well severance on Georges Bank

dc.contributor.author Baxter, Lincoln
dc.contributor.author Hays, Earl E.
dc.contributor.author Hampson, George R.
dc.contributor.author Backus, Richard H.
dc.coverage.spatial Georges Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2008-05-01T16:27:23Z
dc.date.available 2008-05-01T16:27:23Z
dc.date.issued 1982-12
dc.description.abstract A very extensive bibliography of papers on underwater explosions and their effects on marine life has been collected and summarized. When exposed to blast effects, vertebrates with swim bladders or lungs that contain gas are at least an order of magnitude more sensitive than other life. Regression analysis of several different experiments on explosive damage to fish has been combined with reports of fish concentrations and explosives used in oil well severance in order to estimate the probable extent of damage to fish populations from a limited number of severance explosions. Damage per explosion should not be significant and is probably considerably less than that caused by a one hour tow of a bottom trawl net. en
dc.description.sponsorship Prepared for the Technology Assessment and Research Program of the Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior, under Contract 14-08-0001-18920. en
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dc.identifier.citation Baxter, L., Hays, E. E., Hampson, G. R., & Backus, R. H. (1982). Mortality of fish subjected to explosive shock as applied to oil well severance on Georges Bank. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/2204
dc.identifier.doi 10.1575/1912/2204
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2204
dc.language.iso en_US en
dc.publisher Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries WHOI Technical Reports en
dc.relation.ispartofseries WHOI-82-54 en
dc.subject Underwater explosions en
dc.subject Fishes en
dc.subject Mortality en
dc.subject Physiological effect en
dc.subject Environmental aspects en
dc.title Mortality of fish subjected to explosive shock as applied to oil well severance on Georges Bank en
dc.type Technical Report en
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