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Oil Spills and the Marine Environment







Index

  • abalones, 19

  • accidents: sites, e.g., harbors, etc., 68

  • Aeropreen barrier, 95

  • Africa, 24

  • air curtain: concept of, 99

  • alarm systems, 67

  • Alaska: research, 8, 24, 42

  • alkanes, 8

  • alkenes, 8

  • Alpine Geophysical Study, 96

  • Amoco spill, 1972: effluent burning, 82

  • A/N (aids-to-navigation) buoys, 106

  • API (American Petroleum Institute), 42

  • aromatics, 8

  • Arrow, 27, 74

  • artificial island, 70-73

  • Asia, 24

  • asphyxiation, 35

  • Atlantic Ocean, 32

  • atmospheric residue, 8

  • auks, 12

  • Australia, 14, 24

  • Baher, J.M., 22

  • Baja California: follow-up, 36

  • ballast: and tank walls, 66; water discharge, 63

  • Bermuda, 16

  • bioassay, 4

  • biodegradants, 86-89; description of biodegradation, 9; research, 39, 40

  • "biological magnification," 33

  • biomass, 20

  • birds, 11

  • "bleedwater," 31

  • blowouts, 79

  • Blumer, M., 5; fisheries, 14; oil type, 37; persistence, 33

  • body insulation, 35

  • bottom, 25

  • bridge-to-bridge communication, 76

  • Brisbane, Australia: chronic sewage, 32

  • Britain: steam, 28

  • Brittany, 19

  • burning, 28; agents, 86-88, 105

  • Burns, K.A. and Teal, J.M., 22

  • California: steam, 28

  • cancer, 34

  • cargo handling, 67

  • casings, 77

  • CEQ (Council on Environmental Quality), 86

  • Cerberus Rock, 74

  • Chedabucto Bay, 18, 74; bottom, 19; chronic, 30; containment, 32; marches, 26; position reports, 76; in Scarratt and Zitko, 21

  • chemoreception, 34

  • Chevron spill, 1970, 62; oil barrier, 94; chronicity, 76; collection device, 99; containment, 96; dispersants, 88

  • "Christmas tree," 80

  • chronicity, 18, 26, 30-32, 36

  • clams, 19

  • Clark, R.B., 36

  • cleanup, 85; strategy, 38; techniques, 7

  • collectors, 106

  • collisions, 69

  • containment, 27, 85

  • contamination, 32-34

  • control: barriers, 106; techniques, 24

  • Copeland, B.J. and Steed, D.L., 31

  • coral reefs, 24

  • Cornwall, 13; limpets, 30

  • Cowan, E., 95