Oil in the sea: inputs, fates, and effects. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6157532

The report updates a 1975 Research Council study of the sources, fates, and effects of petroleum in the marine environment. The National Research Council committee found no irrevocable damage to marine resources on a broad oceanic scale as a result of oil pollution from either chronic, routine sources or from occasional major spills. It cautioned that further research is needed before an unequivocal assessment of the environmental impact of oil pollution can be made, particularly as it applies to specific locations and conditions. The most important sources of oil pollution in the world's seas, the committee concluded, are municipal and industrial runoff, the cleaning of ship bilges, and other routine occurrences rather than offshore oil production or tanker accidents.

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6157532
• Report Number(s): PB-85-238079/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BACTERIA
CLEANING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DRILLING
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FUNGI
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MASS TRANSFER
MICROORGANISMS
OFFSHORE DRILLING
OIL SPILLS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POINT POLLUTANT SOURCES
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
RUNOFF
SEAS
SHIPS
SURFACE WATERS
TANKER SHIPS
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION