The natural history of an arctic oil field : development and the biota /

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In spite of the harsh conditions that characterize the Arctic, it is a surprisingly fragile ecosystem. The exploration for oil in the Arctic over the past 30 years has had profound effects on the plants and animals that inhabit this frozen clime. The Natural History of an Arctic Oil Field synthesize...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Truett, Joe C. (Joe Clyde), 1941-, Johnson, Stephen R., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Zoology > Alaska > North Slope Region.
Oil fields > Environmental aspects > Alaska > North Slope Region.
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects > Alaska > North Slope Region.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Alaska > North Slope Region.
Habitat (Ecology) > Modification > Alaska > North Slope Region.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Habitat (Ecology) > Modification
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Oil fields > Environmental aspects
Petroleum industry and trade > Environmental aspects
Zoology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • North Slope oil field development
  • Vegetative responses to disturbance
  • Caribou
  • Caribou and oil fields
  • Grizzly bear
  • Polar bear
  • Arctic fox
  • Pacific loon
  • Tundra swans
  • Black brant
  • Lesser snow goose
  • Pacific eider
  • Shorebirds
  • Freshwater invertebrates : their reproduction and importance to vertebrates
  • Freshwater fishes in the Arctic oil-field region and coastal plain of Alaska
  • Anadromous and amphidromous fishes
  • The benthic faunal assemblage of the Boulder Patch kelp community
  • Synthesis.

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