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RECORD NUMBER: 5 OF 7| Main Title | Oil spills | ||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Burger, Joanna. | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press, | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 34604107 | ||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0813523389 (alk. paper) | ||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Oil spills--Environmental aspects | ||||||||||||||||
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| Collation | xvi, 261 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. {235}-242) and indexes. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction -- A brief history of oil -- Early oil spills: from the Torrey Canyon to the mid-1980s -- Modern oil spills: from the Exxon Valdez to the present -- Oil spills in an environmental context -- Initial responses to oil spills -- Cleanup, rehabilitation, and damage assessment -- Effects on vegetation -- Effects on invertebrates and fish -- Effects on birds -- Effects on mammals and sea turtles -- Effects on humans -- Hazards, risk, and perceptions -- Alternatives and the future. |