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

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1982-12Author
Baxter, Lincoln
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Hays, Earl E.
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Hampson, George R.
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Backus, Richard H.
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10.1575/1912/2204Abstract
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.
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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/10.1575/1912/2204Related items
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