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These oils have very high hygroscopic, ie in contact with air, they are beginning to absorb water molecules. However, heavy crude oil and bitumen contain a high proportion of high molecular weight hydrocarbons such as saturates, resins, aromatics and asphaltenes. Time course studies, using nutrient-supplemented marine samples, showed that the simple aromatics (e.g., naphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene) were more readily degraded than the n-alkanes. The sensitivities of 39 subarctic Alaskan species of marine fish and invertebrates to water-soluble fractions of Cook Inlet crude oil and No. 2 fuel oil were determined. Water samples obtained from three different marine environments (including a commercial harbor, a pristine area, and an oil tanker dock area) from the coast of Washington State were challenged with Prudhoe Bay crude oil under shake-flask conditions at 8 °C. The bench-scale reactor is being used for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass including pine forest residue and corn stover. Organisms bioassayed represent several habitats, six phyla, and 39 species including fish (9), arthropods (9), molluscs (13), echinoderms (4), annelids (2), and nemer-teans (2). Sensitivities were determined by 96-hour static bioassays.

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