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Oil spills: Environmental effects. (Latest citations from the Selected Water Resources Abstracts database). Published Search

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5633771
The bibliography contains citations concerning environmental impacts of oil spills primarily resulting from ship wrecks and oil drilling or exploration. Oil spills in temperate, tropic and arctic zones which affect fresh water, estuarine, and marine environments are included. Cleanup operations and priorities, computer modeling and simulation of oil spills, oil spill investigations, and prediction of oil slick movement in high traffic shipping lanes are among the topics discussed. Microbial degradation of oils, and toxicity studies of oils and oil dispersants affecting aquatic plant and animal life are considered. (Contains 250 citations and includes a subject term index and title list.)
Research Organization:
NERAC, Inc., Tolland, CT (United States)
OSTI ID:
5633771
Report Number(s):
PB-94-860467/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English