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- catalog abstract "Oil Spills is the first book to survey the history of oil spills, the problems they create, the types of clean-ups and their efficacy, the legal, social, economic, and ecological consequences of oil spills, their long-term impacts on the wildlife and people who survive them, and the alternatives to oil and its transport. Biologist Joanna Burger writes clearly and accessibly both about the catastrophic oil spills that capture the headlines and the small chronic pipeline. Leaks that we rarely hear about. Oil Spills is essential reading for everyone concerned with environmental issues and energy policy.".
- catalog contributor b9681915.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- A brief history of oil -- Early oil spills: from the Torrey Canyon to the mid-1980s -- Modern oil spills: from the Exxon Valdez to the present -- Oil spills in an environmental context -- Initial responses to oil spills -- Cleanup, rehabilitation, and damage assessment -- Effects on vegetation -- Effects on invertebrates and fish -- Effects on birds -- Effects on mammals and sea turtles -- Effects on humans -- Hazards, risk, and perceptions -- Alternatives and the future.".
- catalog description "Leaks that we rarely hear about. Oil Spills is essential reading for everyone concerned with environmental issues and energy policy.".
- catalog description "Oil Spills is the first book to survey the history of oil spills, the problems they create, the types of clean-ups and their efficacy, the legal, social, economic, and ecological consequences of oil spills, their long-term impacts on the wildlife and people who survive them, and the alternatives to oil and its transport. Biologist Joanna Burger writes clearly and accessibly both about the catastrophic oil spills that capture the headlines and the small chronic pipeline.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 261 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813523389 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press,".
- catalog subject "363.73/82 20".
- catalog subject "Oil spills Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "TD196.P4 B87 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- A brief history of oil -- Early oil spills: from the Torrey Canyon to the mid-1980s -- Modern oil spills: from the Exxon Valdez to the present -- Oil spills in an environmental context -- Initial responses to oil spills -- Cleanup, rehabilitation, and damage assessment -- Effects on vegetation -- Effects on invertebrates and fish -- Effects on birds -- Effects on mammals and sea turtles -- Effects on humans -- Hazards, risk, and perceptions -- Alternatives and the future.".
- catalog title "Oil spills / Joanna Burger.".
- catalog type "text".