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Technology
Assessment & Research (TA&R) Program
| Project Number |
296 |
| Date of Summary |
December 7, 2004 |
| Subject |
Chemical Response to Oil Spill:
Ecological Effects Research Forum (CROSERF) |
| Performing Activity |
Ecosystem Management and
Associates, Inc. |
| Principal Investigator |
Dr. Don Aurand, Ms.
Gina Coelho |
| Contracting Agency |
Minerals Management Service |
| Estimated Completion |
Complete |
| Description |
The
Chemical Response to Oil Spills: Ecological Effects Research Forum (CROSERF)
was organized in the Summer of 1994 to help coordinate and disseminate the
research information oh dispersants funded by private industry (API, Exxon,
Chevron, Marine Spill Response Corporation), state government agencies (AK,
CA, FL, LA, TX, WA), federal government agencies (MMS, NOAA, EPA,) and
Environment Canada. The forum was valuable in coordinating research,
preventing unnecessary duplication and possible errors, and identifying data
gaps to be addressed by different sponsoring agencies and organizations. In
addition to the regular meetings, testing protocols developed were made
available for unlimited distribution. Specific objectives of the forum
include:
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Discussion and resolution of scientific issues related to ecological
effects of chemicals used in oil spill response; |
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To
encourage the standardization of procedures involved in laboratory
toxicity testing |
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Fostering cooperative laboratory and mesocosm ecological research on
issues surrounding the use of oil spill chemicals |
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Encouraging the application of appropriate laboratory data, collected
under realistic exposures scenarios, to the oil spill decision process;
and |
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Contributing to the development of appropriate risk assessment protocols. |
Two
reports were prepared by the CROSERF committee.
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Proceedings of the Seventh meeting of CROSERF which was held November 13
and 4,1997.
- CROSERF Laboratory
Testing Integrated Research Plan.
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| Progress |
This project is complete. |
| Report |
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(137 KB) |
Proceedings of the Seventh Meeting of the Chemical Response
to Oil Spills: Ecological Effects Research Forum (CROSERF) November 13 and
14, 1997, Santa Cruz, CA, Ecosystem Management and Associates, Inc. Report
97-02, Dr. Don Aurand and Ms. Gina Coelho, editors, Purcellville, VA, 53 pp,
1997. |
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AB
(17
KB) |
Chemical Response to Oil Spills: Ecological Effects Research
Forum (CROSERF) - Dispersant and Dispersed Oil Laboratory Toxicity Studies
Research Plan, Ecosystem Management and Associates, Inc. Report 98-02, Dr.
Don Aurand, editor, Purcellville, VA, 17 pp, 1998. |
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AC
(137 KB) |
Cooperative Aquatic Toxicity
Testing of Dispersed Oil and the “Chemical Response to Oil Spills:
Ecological Effects Research Forum (CROSERF)”, Don Aurand and Gina Coelho
(Editors), Ecosystem Management & Associates, Inc., Technical Report 07-03,
Lusby, MD, 105 pp, 2005. |
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KB) |
Cooperative Aquatic Toxicity Testing of
Dispersed Oil and the “Chemical Response to Oil Spills: Ecological Effects
Research Forum (CROSERF) Appendices A-E”, Don Aurand and Gina Coelho
(Editors), Ecosystem Management & Associates, Inc., Technical Report 07-03,
Lusby, MD,78 pp, 2005. |
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