Table 3. — U.S. institutions, investigators, and projects in Pollutant Effects Studies program 



Organization 



University of California, 



Scripps Institution of Oceanography 



Florida State University 



University of Georgia, 



Skidaway Institute of Oceanography 



Oregon State University 

 Texas A&M University 



University of Texas at Austin 



Investigator 



T. J. Chow 



J. A. Calder 



R. F. Lee 



R. L. Holton 



C. S. Giam 



J. W. Anderson 



J. S. Kittredge 



J. A. C. Nicol and 

 and C. Van Baalen 



Project title 



Assimilation of Lead, Cadmium, and Thallium by Marine 

 Organisms With Consideration to Biological Effects 



Investigations of Breakdown and Sublethal Biological 

 Effects of Trace Petroleum Constituents in the Marine 

 Environment'-' 



Fate of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Marine Food Web 



Dynamics and Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in 

 Marine Food Chains 



Isolation, Characterization, Quantitation, and Biological 

 Effect of Phthalates and Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in 

 Biota From the Gulf of Mexico* 



Fate and Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Petro- 

 leum-Derived Organic Compounds in the Ocean, and 

 Their Sublethal Effects on Marine Organisms 



Physiological Effects of the Water Soluble Hydrocarbons 

 on Marine Invertebrates 



Marine Petroleum Pollution: 

 Chemical Characterization 



Biological Effects and 



'■' Project discussed in text; see discussion of other projects in IDOE Progress Report Volume 2, July 1972 to April 1973. 



SEATTLE 



Figure 9. — Saanich Inlet site of CEPEX 

 experimental enclosures. 



Report: Controlled Ecosystem Pollution Experiment 

 Progress Report, May 1, to October 31, 1973 

 Data tables: 



1. Chlorophyll-a 



2. Phaeopigment-a 



3. Temperature 



4. Salinity 



5. Nitrate 



6. Transparency 



7. Relative light intensity 



8. Microzooplankton enumeration 



9. Phytoplankton enumeration 



10. Low molecular weight hydrocarbon analyses 



a. propane 



b. hexane 



c. butane 



d. benzene 



All data were collected adjacent to the experimental en- 

 closure and in nearby waters of Saanich Inlet, Vancouver 

 Island, British Columbia (fig. 9). 



NODC Accession No.: 740382 ^^ 



Project Title: Controlled Ecosystem Pollution Experiment 



(CEPEX) 

 Grant No.: GX-35134 



The following summary identifies items submitted to 

 NOAA Environmental Data Service's National Oceanographic 

 Data Center. 



Organization: Florida State University 



Investigator: J. A. Calder 



Project Title: Investigations of Breakdown and Sublethal 



Biological Effects of Trace Petroleum Constituents in the 



Marine Environment 

 Grant No.: GX-37351 



This research relates to pollution of the ocean by petro- 

 leum contaminants as a result of human activity — the molecular 

 composition in which the pollutants exist, their effects on the 



