Main Title |
A Comprehensive Approach to Problems with Oil Spills in Marine Environments: The Alaska Story. |
Author |
Molak, V, Ed.
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Other Authors |
Author |
Title of a Work |
Davis-Hoover, W, Ed. |
Khan, S, Ed. |
Mehlman, MA, Ed. |
Badolato, EV. |
Baugh, T. |
Cooney, JJ. |
Desai, S. |
Dietz, JS. |
Field, LJ. |
Gazda, S. |
Glaser, JA. |
Govind, R. |
Gregorio, FM. |
Haines, JR. |
Kelmickis, VJ. |
Levin, MA. |
Lowry, LK. |
Manville, AM, II. |
Nisamaneepong, W. |
Omenn, GS. |
Payne, JR. |
Pradhan, S. |
Safferman, SI. |
Siddique, B. |
Sveum, P. |
Tabak, H. |
Venosa, AD. |
Walker, AH. |
Molak, Vlasta. |
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Year Published |
1992 |
OCLC Number |
986278719 |
ISBN |
0911131264; 9780911131260 |
Subjects |
Oil spills--Alaska--Prince William Sound Region--Congresses ;
Bioremediation--Congresses ;
Oil spills--Environmental aspects--Alaska--Prince William Sound Region--Congresses ;
Oil pollution of the sea--Congresses
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
TD427.P4C65 1992 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/24/1997 |
ESAM |
TD427.P4C65 1992 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
08/16/1996 |
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Collation |
165 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents Notes |
Introduction and definition of the problem; Part I. Human and Environmental Costs of Oil Spills; History and current status of the EPA Alaska bioremediation project; Impact of regulations on oil spill cleanup; General Accounting Office work related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill with emphasis on economical and environmental cost issues; An Overview of subsistence fisheries and the Exxon Valdez oil spill; Assessment of human exposure to oil; Part II. Choice of Cleanup Method; Oil spill contingency planning; Physics and chemistry of Prudhoe Bay oil and its implications for the cleanup efforts; Cleaning up an oils spill, biological tools in the chest of clean-up options; Part III. Bioremediation (Biological Cleanup of Toxics); Environmental biotechnology, biotechnology solutions for hazardous chemical wastes and oil spill clean-up; Review of arctic Norwegian bioremediation research; Outline of a national bioremediation spill response plan (NBSRP) for oil spills; Microbial ecology and hydrocarbon degradation; Early intervention, perspectives for integrated bioremediaiton of oil spills; Part IV. Application of Bioremediation in the Valdez Oil Spill; Nutrient release characteristics of fertilizer applied to beaches polluted with oil; Laboratory studies to evaluate the enhanced biodegradation of the Alaska weathered crude oil components through the applications of nutrients; Screening of commercial inoculata for efficacy in stimulating oil biodegradation on laboratory microcosms; Evaluation process for the selection of bioremediation technologies for the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Proceedings of the Alaska Story a workshop held at Cincinnati, Ohio, 17-18 September 1990 on the various aspects of the Valdez oil spill, with particular emphasis on the biological cleanup efforts or bioremediation. |