Publication Summary

Title

Screening Survey of Carbaryl (Sevin) and 1-naphthol Concentrations in Willapa Bay Sediments

Month-Year PublishedMay 1999
Online Availability
View this publication in Acrobat PDF format
709 kilobytes,  requires version 4.0 or later of Adobe Acrobat Reader Software  get Acrobat Reader
Short Description

Marine sediments were collected from Willapa Bay during May to September 1998 to assess levels of carbaryl and 1-naphthol prior to and following the annual application of SevinTM (carbaryl) for the control of burrowing shrimp on oyster beds.

(Also see abstract below)
Publication Number99-323
Author(s)Stonick, C.
Print Availability
Request from the program.
Number of pages 44 pp.
Keywords marine, marine sediment, science, sediment, survey, water
Subject Waterbodies
Willapa Bay
map of Washington state showing locations of subject waterbodies
Abstract Long Description

Marine sediments were collected from Willapa Bay, Washington during May to September 1998 to assess levels of carbaryl and 1-naphthol prior to and following the annual application of SevinTM (carbaryl) for the control of burrowing shrimp on oyster beds.

Fifteen sites were sampled prior to the 1998 annual application and seven sites were sampled following the application. Sediments from the pre-spray sites were sampled on one occasion to a depth of 15 cm. Sediments sampled following the 1998 application (post-spray) were sampled to a depth of 6 cm on day-2, -30, and -60.

Significant findings include:

  • Carbaryl and 1-naphthol were generally not detected at historically sprayed sites.
  • Carbaryl was detected on day-60 at sprayed sites.
  • 1-naphthol was generally not detected by day-30.
  • Day-2 carbaryl drift occurred in an unsprayed adjacent site at concentrations equivalent to a sprayed site.
  • Day-60 carbaryl concentrations in centrifuged pore-water exceeded the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering water quality recommendation for the protection of marine life.

    Link to EIM data for User Study ID CSTO0001


  • This page last updated October 8, 2008