Main Title |
Natural history of an arctic oil field : development and the biota / |
Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Academic Press, |
Year Published |
2000 |
OCLC Number |
42954739 |
ISBN |
0127012354 (acid-free paper) |
Subjects |
Zoology--Alaska--North Slope Region ;
Oil fields--Environmental aspects--Alaska--North Slope Region ;
Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects--Alaska--North Slope Region ;
Nature--Effect of human beings on--Alaska--North Slope Region ;
Habitat (Ecology)--Modification--Alaska--North Slope Region
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ESAM |
QL161.N28 2000 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
06/01/2001 |
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Collation |
xvi, 422 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Introduction -- North Slope oil field development -- Vegetative responses to disturbance -- Caribou -- Caribou and oil fields -- Grizzly bear -- Polar bear -- Arctic fox -- Pacific loon -- Tundra swans -- Black brant -- Lesser snow goose -- Pacific eider -- Shorebirds -- Freshwater invertebrates : their reproduction and importance to vertebrates -- Freshwater fishes in the Arctic oil-field region and coastal plain of Alaska -- Anadromous and amphidromous fishes -- The benthic faunal assemblage of the Boulder Patch kelp community -- Synthesis. |