The research builds on earlier work by the Auke Bay Laboratories, part of NOAA Fisheries» Alaska Fisheries Science Center, which found much reduced survival of
pink salmon exposed as embryos to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) from crude oil.
In a report published in Scientific Reports, researchers describe how they
exposed herring and
pink salmon embryos for a short period to levels of oil contaminants similar to the «safe» levels detected in samples of Prince William Sound seawater after the spill cleanup.