IMPACT OF OIL ON THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

An estimated total of 2 to 20 million tons of oil are discharged to the marine environment annually. This report analyzes the impact of oil spills on the marine environment and its living resources. Subjects covered include: tainting, deoxygenation, carcinogenesis, effect on microbial populations, ethal, sublethal and heating effects, sorption of chlorinated hydrocarbons, interference with the gas exchange and routes into biosystems.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution.
• Corporate Authors:

  Unipub

  Box 433, Murray Hill Station
  New York, NY  United States  10016
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 250 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Impacts; Oil spills
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill impact
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168244
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Unipub
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM