Background Papers for a Workshop on Inputs, Fates, and Effects of Petroleum in the Marine Environment. Volume II.

Abstract

;Contents: The occurrence and amount of pelagic tar in the open ocean; The surface activity of petroleum and its influence on the behavior of oil at sea; Biological fates of petroleum hydrocarbons in aquatic macroorganisms; Biological effects of chronic oil pollution on coastal exosystems; Uptake and depuration of specific hydrocarbons from oil by the bivalves rangia cuneata and crassostrea virginica; Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon pollution of the marine environment.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0783990

Entities

Organizations

  • National Academy of Sciences

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Cyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Environment
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Organic Compounds
  • Petroleum
  • Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
  • Workshops

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Marine Ecotoxicology