Location: Buzzards Bay, near Cape Cod Canal Material spilled: Diesel fuel Amount spilled: 11,000 to 37,000 gallons Spill extent: ** Building on their experience with the previous spill, WHOI researchers measured and chronicled the 1974 spill for comparison with the 1969 event, as both involved the same type of fuel and neighboring but somewhat different shorelines. Over the years, several generations of researchers have found that oil at Winsor Cove from the Bouchard 65 spill also continues to persist in sediments beneath the surface and that chemicals from the spilled material continue to affect the structure and function of the coastal ecosystem. PublicationsPeacock EE, GR Hampson, and RD Nelson RK, et al., “The 1974 spill of the Bouchard 65 oil barge: Petroleum hydrocarbons persist in Winsor Cove salt marsh sediments,” Marine Pollution Bulletin 54(2007):214-225.Hampson, G, "Destruction and recovery of the Winsor Cove, Cataumet, MA, salt marsh from a #2 fuel oil spill: A 25 year history," Environment Cape Cod 3(2000): 32-39 From Oceanus MagazineOil in Our Coastal Back Yard An oil spill on WHOI's shores set the stage for advances in the science of cleaning up | |||||||||||||||
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