Distribution of hydrocarbons in the oyster,Pinctada margaratifera,along the coast of Kuwait |
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| Authors: | Victor C Anderlini Layla Al-Harmi Brock W De Lappe Robert W Risebrough Wayman Walker Bernd RT Simoneit Amos S Newton |
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| Institution: | 1. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, P.O. Box 12009, Kuwait;2. University of California, Bodega Marine Laboratory, P.O. Box 247, Bodega Bay, CA 94923, USA;3. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA;4. University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA |
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| Abstract: | Concentrations of total hydrocarbons within the boiling point range of the alkanes n-C14 and n-C32 were determined in oysters, Pinctada margaratifera, from coastal waters of Kuwait. Levels of petroleum-derived hydrocarbons were highest in an area adjacent to the major oil loading facilities. Whether the use of dispersants to treat minor spills increases levels of incorporation of petroleum compounds into the food webs could not be concluded from the data of this study. Levels of total petroleum-type hydrocarbons in the oysters at this site were equivalent to those in mussels, Mytilus sp., from harbours, bays and urban coastal areas of California. The Kuwaiti oysters lacked a C28 pentacyclic triterpane that was present in extracts of mussels from southern California that had been recently exposed to a minor spill or to a natural seepage. Levels of DDE and PCB were comparable to those in relatively unpolluted areas of North America. |
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