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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Governmental cooperation / Paul M. Hauge and Robert K. Tucker
  • Legal considerations / Gordon J. Johnson
  • The role of conservation organizations / Carolyn Summers
  • Rehabilitation of contaminated wildlife / Lynne Frink
  • Bioremediation and the Arthur Kill ; Immediate effects of oil spills on organisms in the Arthur Kill ; Effects of oil on vegetation / Joanna Burger
  • The effects of oil spills on bivalve mollusks and blue crabs / Keith R. Cooper and Angela Cristini
  • Fiddler crabs (Uca spp.) as bioindicators for oil spills / Joanna Burger, John N. Brzorad, and Michael Gochfeld
  • Fish and shrimp populations in the Arthur Kill / John N. Brzorad and Joanna Burger
  • Gull and waterfowl populations in the Arthur Kill / Alan D. Maccarone and John N. Brzorad
  • The Arthur Kill oil spills : biological effects in birds / Katharine C. Parsons
  • Biological effects : marine mammals and sea turtles / Romona Haebler
  • The Arthur Kill, people, and oil spills / Joanna Burger
  • Ecological risk, risk perception, and harm : lessons from the Arthur Kill / Michael Gochfeld and Joanna Burger
  • From the past to the future : conclusions from the Arthur Kill ; Epilogue : a matter of viewpoint / Joanna Burger.

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