ANIMIDA / cANIMIDA README

PI Information

Name Email
John Brown brownjs at battelle.org
Ken Dunton dunton at utmsi.utexas.edu
Greg Durell durell at battelle.org
Michael Galginaitis msgalginaitis at alaska.net
Jerry Neff neffjm at comcast.net
George Shepard gshep at bbn.com
Robert Spies spies at amarine.com
John Trefry jtrefry at fit.edu

Dataset description

In 1999 the Minerals Management Service (MMS) initiated studies to characterize the pre-construction environment near the Northstar and Liberty oil prospects, and to monitor hydrocarbons over time as part of a long-term program to assess potential spatial and temporal changes related to oil development and production near the Northstar and Liberty sites in the nearshore Beaufort Sea by BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. The Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Development Area (ANIMIDA) project was designed to assess projected impacts from development and production activities associated with development activities and initial production of oil from Northstar and Liberty Units in the nearshore portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Beaufort Sea by monitoring changes specifically related to gravel island and oil pipeline construction activities and providing information needed in post-leasing decisions to help further minimize these impacts.

At each site, the oil field was to be developed from a gravel island and a sub-sea pipeline was to carry oil shoreward for a land-based connection with existing pipelines. Extensive Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) were prepared for the Northstar area by the U.S. Army Engineering District, Alaska (USAEDA) and for the Liberty area by the U.S. Department of Interior, Mineral Management Service (USDOI, 2001). Even though historical data had been collected from this region over several decades, further environmental monitoring was deemed necessary due to the sensitivity of the region adjacent to Northstar and Liberty, and the highly variable and complex environmental conditions in this area.

The follow-on project, the continuation of ANIMIDA (cANIMIDA) program, continued monitoring sediment chemistry. The objectives of these programs were: 1) to determine the background levels of chemicals of concern (i.e., anthropogenic-related organic parameters) associated with oil exploration, development, and production activities, 2) to examine temporal and spatial changes in chemical concentrations and composition, and 3) to determine if any observed changes were related to the currently operating Northstar development. Annual field surveys were performed (1999-2002 and 2004-2006) on sediment chemistry in the nearshore Beaufort Sea, focusing on potential contaminant inputs from the Northstar development and Liberty prospect. Surficial sediment samples were collected with each survey and sediment cores were collected in 2001, 2005, and 2006.

This study was funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region, Anchorage, Alaska, under Contract No. M04PC00001 as part of the MMS Alaska Environmental Studies Program.

Study Information

Task Name Dates PI
Phase 1 Animida Contract Phase 1 Data 1999-2002  
Task 1 Core Contract: Continuation of Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Development Area (cANIMIDA) 2004-2009 Greg Durell
Task 2 Hydrocarbon and Metal Characterization of Sediments 2004-2006 John Brown
Task 3 Water Column: Sources, Concentrations, Composition, and Dispersion Pathways for Suspended Sediment 2004-2006 John Trefry
Task 4 Partitioning of Potential Contaminants Between Dissolved and Particulate Phases 2004-2006 John Trefry
Task 5 Integrated Biomonitoring and Bioaccumulation of Contaminants in Biota 2004-2006 Jerry Neff
Task 6 Long-Term Monitoring of the Kelp Community in the Stefansson Sound Boulder Patch 2004-2007 Ken Dunton
Task 7 Assessment of Subsistence Bowhead Whaling Near Cross Island 2004-2007 Michael Galginaitis

Reports

Reports Available in this Dataset Archive
Boehm, P. D. ANIMIDA Phase I: Arctic Nearshore Characterization and Monitoring of the Physical Environment in the Northstar and Liberty Development Areas Final Report. 2001. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by Arthur D. Little, Inc. for USDOI, MMS Alaska OCS Region.
Brown, J. S. ANIMIDA Task 2 Hydrocarbon and Metal Characterization of Sediment Cores in the ANIMIDA Study Area. 2004. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by Battelle for MMS Alaska OCS Region.
Brown, J. S. ANIMIDA Task 1 Core Contractor Program Management, Logistics, Database, and Reporting. Phase II Final Summary Report. 2005. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by Exponent for United States DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
Brown, J. S. ANIMIDA Task 2: Hydrocarbon and Metal Characterization of Sediments, Bivalves and Amphipods in the ANIMIDA Study Area. 2005. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by Exponent for United States DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
Brown, J. S. cANIMIDA Task 2: Hydrocarbon and Metal Characterization of Sediments n the cANIMIDA Study Area. 2010. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by Exponent for United States DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
Dunton, K., Iken, K., Schonberg, S., and Funk, D. W. cANIMIDA Final Report: Summer's 2004-2007 Long-Term Monitoring of the Kelp Community in the Stefansson Sound Boulder Patch: Detection of Change Related to Oil and Gas Development. 2009. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by LGL Alaska Research Associates, Inc. for USDOI MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
Dunton, K. H., Burd, A., Funk, D., Maffione, R., and Aumack, C. Linking Water Turbidity and Total Suspended Solids Loading to Kelp Productivity within the Stefansson Sound Boulder Patch. ANIMIDA Task 6 (Boulder Patch). 2004. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by LGL Alaska Associates for United States DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
Neff, J. M., Trefry, J. H., and Durell, G. cANIMIDA Task 5 Integrated Biomonitoring and Bioaccumulation of Contaminants in Biota of the cANIMIDA Study Area. 2009. Anchorage, AK, Prepared by Neff & Associates for MMS Alaska OCS Region.
Shepard, G. W., Krumhansl, P. A., Knack, M. L., and Malme, C. I. ANIMIDA Phase I: Ambient and Industrial Noise Measurements Near The Northstar and Liberty Sites during April 2000. 2001. Anchorage, Prepared by BBN Technologies for USDOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
Spies, R. B., Hardin, D., Gold, J., and Bell, D. Baseline Characterization of Anthropogenic Contaminants in Biota Associated with the Alaska OCS Liberty Prospect and Northstar Oil Production Unit in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea. Task 8 of the Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in the Development Area Project (ANIMIDA). 2003. Anchorage, AK., United States, DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
Trefry, J. H., Rember, R. D., Trocine, R. P., and Brown, J. S. ANIMIDA Task 7 Partitioning of Potential Anthropogenic Chemicals between Dissolved and Particulate Phases in Arctic Rivers and the Coastal Beaufort Sea. 2004. Anchorage, AK., Prepared by Battelle for United States, DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
Trefry, J. H., Rember, R. D., Trocine, R. P., and Savoie, M. ANIMIDA Task 5 Sources, Concentrations and Dispersion Pathways for Suspended Sediment in the Coastal Beaufort Sea. 2004. Anchorage, AK., Prepared by Battelle for United States, DOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region.
Trefry, J. H., Trocine, R. P., Alkire, M. B., Semmler, C. M., Savoie, M., and Rember, R. D. cANIMIDA Tasks 3 and 4: Sources, Concentrations, Composition, Partitioning and Dispersion Pathways for Suspended Sediments and Potential Metal Contaminants in the Coastal Beaufort Sea. 2009. Anchorage, AK, USDOI, MMS, Alaska OCS Region. OCS Study.