title: Assessment of bioavailable hydrocarbons in Pribilof Island rock sandpiper fall staging areas and overwintering habitat.
abstract: At present, significant adverse hydrocarbon influence on the Pribilof Island rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis ptilocnemis) is unlikely. Almost the entire population overwinters in Cook Inlet and breeds on four Bering Sea islands. Passive samplers deployed several times in a three year period and corresponding sediment and soft tissue samples on St. Paul Island and in Cook Inlet generally accumulated small quantities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Composition was consistent with oil in <15% of the passive samplers and rarely in soft tissue. Total PAH concentrations in corresponding sediment were very low (<42ng/g dry weight); composition was consistent with oil in 39% of these samples and biomarker composition confirmed this on St. Paul Island. However, composition was dominated by normal alkanes from natural sources.
authors.affiliation: Division of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 1255 W. 8th Street, Juneau, AK 99802, USA. Electronic address: kelly.nesvacil@alaska.gov.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nesvacil
authors.affiliation: NOAA/NMFS, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Auke Bay Laboratories, Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, 17109 Pt. Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK 99801, USA. Electronic address: mark.carls@noaa.gov.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carls
authors.affiliation: NOAA/NMFS, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Auke Bay Laboratories, Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, 17109 Pt. Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK 99801, USA. Electronic address: larry.holland@noaa.gov.
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.affiliation: Division of Wildlife Conservation, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 1255 W. 8th Street, Juneau, AK 99802, USA. Electronic address: sadie.wright@noaa.gov.
authors.forename: Sadie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska; D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D046091:Charadriiformes / Q000378:metabolism*; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis; D062312:Islands; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012621:Seasons; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Cook inlet, Alaska, USA; Pollution sources; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Pribilof Island rock sandpiper; Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA