BACKGROUND PAPERS FOR A WORKSHOP ON INPUTS, FATES, AND EFFECTS OF PETROLEUM IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. VOLUME I

Contents: The sources of oil entering the sea; Input of petroleum to the marine environment; Petroleum inputs to the marine environment from land sources; European experience in the identification of waterborne oil; Analytical techniques for the determination of petroleum contamination in marine organisms; The quantitative determination of trace concentrations of petroleum-derived pollutants in the ocean; Partitioning of hydrocarbons between the atmosphere and natural waters; Hydrocarbon biodegradation kinetics; Analytical approach in the evaluation of biological damage resulting from spilled oil.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also AD-783990/5, Volume 2, PC $9.75; MF $2.25.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Academy of Sciences

  2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20418

  Environmental Protection Agency

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  Washington, DC  United States  20460

  Office of Naval Research

  Department of the Navy, 800 North Quincy Street
  Arlington, VA  United States  22217

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Publication Date: 1973-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 391 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Monitoring; Oil spills; Pollution; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill sources
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072536
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: N00014-67A-0244-0028
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 19 1974 12:00AM