Table 4. Concentrations of Fluoranthene and Pyrene in Mussels and 

 Oysters (ppm-10" 6 g/g Dry Weight) 



Station 



East and Gulf Coast, 1976-1977 



Main 



Blue Hill Falls 

 Cape Hewagen 



Massachusetts 

 Cape Ann 

 Boston 



Rhode Island 



Narragansett Bay 026 025 



New York 



Manhasett Neck 114 .381 



Herod Point 034 .021 



Virginia 



Cape Charles 047 019 



Lynnhaven Bay 106 .062 



North Carolina 



Hatteras Island 042 .023 



Beaufort 169 118 



Georgia 



Sapelo Island 005 016 



Savannah River .192 157 



Washington 



Boundary Bay 3.35 154 



Cape Flattery 34 0.45 



California 



N. San Francisco 0.39 0.33 



San Francisco 5 72 4 13 



San Pedro Harbor 5.61 4.60 



Louisiana 



Drum Bay 17 08 



Texas 



Galveston 0.94 1.01 



Lavaca Bay North 0.05 0.05 



Adequate information is on hand to design programs, large and small, to 

 measure the impact of petroleum on coastal environments. 

 There is an awareness that the total activities of the petroleum sector impact the 

 coastal environment. 



Analytical chemistry techniques and expertise are at a high level so that chemi- 

 cal programs can be assured of reasonable success, although a need remains for 

 intercalibration and standard samples. 



Concepts and techniques have been demonstrated for monitoring programs. 

 Levels of petroleum in many of the coastal areas of the U nited States are fairly 

 well known. 



Biological research has shown the general picture of petroleum toxicity; future 

 studies may be expected to demonstrate the mechanisms for specific toxic 

 action of a specific molecule type on a specific organism and to model the 

 impact of petroleum on various ecosystems including benthic and pelagic ones. 



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