Before and after an oil spill : the Arthur Kill /

In January 1990, New York Harbor suffered a major oil spill when an underwater pipe at an Exxon refinery leaked into the Arthur Kill, the fifteen-mile strait that runs between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. The waterway is home to herons and egrets, fiddler crabs and sea turtles, and a favo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Burger, Joanna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Exxon Corporation.
Oil spills and wildlife > Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.)
Oil spills > Environmental aspects > Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.)
Oil pollution of rivers, harbors, etc. > Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.)
Déversements de pétrole et faune > Arthur Kill (N.J. et N.Y.)
Déversements de pétrole > Aspect de l'environnement > Arthur Kill (N.J. et N.Y.)
Pollution des cours d'eau, ports, etc. par les hydrocarbures > Arthur Kill (N.J. et N.Y.)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Oil pollution of rivers, harbors, etc.
Oil spills and wildlife.
Oil spills > Environmental aspects.
Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Ecology.
Atlantic Ocean > Arthur Kill (Newark Bay)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In January 1990, New York Harbor suffered a major oil spill when an underwater pipe at an Exxon refinery leaked into the Arthur Kill, the fifteen-mile strait that runs between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. The waterway is home to herons and egrets, fiddler crabs and sea turtles, and a favorite place for recreational fishing, bird-watching, hiking, and boating. It is also lined with refineries and a busy corridor for oil tankers. Because this industrial activity posed such a threat to the fragile ecosystem, biologists had been monitoring the region's water, soil, vegetation, and wildlife for some time before the oil spill. Thus, we have before-and-after data about the habitat - the only oil spill anywhere for which this is true. This unique book discusses the human consequences of the oil spill as well as providing detailed studies of its effects on the plants and animals of the Arthur Kill. Biologists, environmentalists, lawyers, and officials worldwide will find this book an essential guide to dealing with - and possibly preventing - future environmental disasters.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0585098255
9780585098258
081355523X
9780813555232

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