"Committee on Oil in the Sea: Inputs, Fates, and Effects, Ocean Studies Board and Marine Board, Divisions of Earth and Life Studies and Transportation Research Board, National Research Council of the National Academies." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Understanding the Risk -- Input of Oil to the Sea -- Behavior and Fate of Oil -- Biological Effects of Oil Releases -- Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies -- Appendix B: Definitions and Conversions -- Appendix C: National Seepage of Crude Oil into the Marine Enviornment -- Appendix D: Oil and Gas Extraction -- Appendix E: Inputs of Petroleum Hydrocarbons into the Ocean Due to Transportation Activities -- Appendix F: Inputs into the Sea from Recreational Marine Vessels -- Appendix G: Spills from Coastal Facilities -- Appendix H: Atmospheric Deposition and Air-Sea Exchange of Petroleum Hydrocarbons to the Ocean -- Appendix I: Estimating Land-Based Sources of Oil in the Sea -- Appendix J: Methods Used to Estimate PAH Loadings to the Marine Environment -- Appendix K: Regulatory Framework.