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DOI	10.2172/6661412
报告编号	ORNL/TM-12244
来源ID	OSTI_ID: 6661412
	Results of analyses of fur samples from the San Joaquin Kit Fox and associated soil and water samples from the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1, Tupman, California
	Suter, G.W. II; Rosen, A.E.; Beauchamp, J.J. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)); Kato, T.T. (EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Tupman, CA (United States))
英文摘要	The purpose of this study was to determine whether analysis of the elemental content of fur from San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and of water and soil from kit fox habitats could be used to make inferences concerning the cause of an observed decline in the kit fox population on Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 (NPR-1). Fur samples that had been collected previously from NPR-1, another oil field (NPR-2), and two sites with no oil development were subjected to neutron activation analysis. In addition, soil samples were collected from the home ranges of individual foxes from undisturbed portions of major soil types on NPR-1 and from wastewater samples were collected from tanks and sumps and subjected to neutron activation analysis. Most elemental concentrations in fur were highest at Camp Roberts and lowest on the undeveloped portions of NPR-I. Fur concentrations were intermediate on the developed oil fields but were correlated with percent disturbance and with number of wells on NPR-1 and NPR-2. The fact that most elements covaried across the range of sites suggests that some pervasive source such as soil was responsible. However, fur concentrations were not correlated with soft concentrations. The kit foxes on the developed portion of NPR-1 did not have concentrations of elements in fur relative to other sites that would account for the population decline in the early 1980s. The oil-related elements As, Ba, and V were elevated in fox fur from oil fields, but only As was sufficiently elevated to suggest a risk of toxicity in individual foxes. However, arsenic concentrations suggestive of sublethal toxicity were found in only 0.56% of foxes from developed oil fields, too few to account for a population decline.
出版年	1992
报告类型	Technical Report
语种	英语
国家	美国
来源学科分类	54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES ; 02 PETROLEUM ; FOXES ; POPULATION DYNAMICS ; HAIR ; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ; EXPERIMENTAL DATA ; MILITARY FACILITIES ; SOIL CHEMISTRY ; US NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES ; ANIMALS ; BODY ; CHEMISTRY ; DATA ; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS ; INFORMATION ; MAMMALS ; MINERAL RESOURCES ; NUMERICAL DATA ; ORGANS ; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS ; RESERVES ; RESOURCES ; SKIN ; VERTEBRATES 540210* -- Environment, Terrestrial-- Basic Studies-- (1990-) ; 020900 -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
URL	http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/6661412
资源类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/264945
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Suter, G.W. II,Rosen, A.E.,Beauchamp, J.J. ,et al. Results of analyses of fur samples from the San Joaquin Kit Fox and associated soil and water samples from the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1, Tupman, California,1992.