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TITLE:
Trace Elements and Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Aquatic Bird Food Chain Of Process Water Evaporation Ponds at the Little America Refinery, Casper, Wyoming
AUTHOR(S):
Pedro Ramirez Jr

REPORT NUMBER:
R6/724C/08
PAGES:
1 - 74
PUBLICATION DATE:
February 2008

ABSTRACT:
This study determined the nature and extent of trace elements, metals, and petroleum hydrocarbons in evaporation ponds used for the disposal of process water from Sinclair Oil Corporation's LARCO oil refinery in Evansville, Wyoming. This study was conducted to determine if contaminants are causing adverse effects or have the potential to adversely affect aquatic migratory birds inhabiting the evaporation ponds.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
 
DOCUMENT LINK:
http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/contaminants/papers/documents/R6724C08.pdf, 2 MB

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