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The biological effects of oil pollution on littoral communities : proceedings of a symposium held at the Orielton Field Centre, Pembroke, Wales, on 17th, 18th and 19th February 1968

Title
The biological effects of oil pollution on littoral communities : proceedings of a symposium held at the Orielton Field Centre, Pembroke, Wales, on 17th, 18th and 19th February 1968 / edited by J.D. Carthy and Don R. Arthur.
Publication
London : Field Studies Council, 1968.

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Additional Authors
  • Carthy, J. D. (John Dennis), 1923-1972.
  • Arthur, Don R. (Don Ramsay)
  • Field Studies Council (Great Britain)
Description
vii, 198 pages : 7 plates, illustrations (including 2 color), maps; 21 cm
Series Statement
Field studies ; v. 2. Supplement
Uniform Title
Field studies ; v. 2. Supplement.
Subject
  • Torrey Canyon (Ship) > Congresses
  • Torrey Canyon (Ship)
  • Marine biology > English Channel > Congresses
  • Oil spills and wildlife > Congresses
  • Petroleum > Physiological effect > Congresses
  • Oil pollution of the sea
  • Marine organisms > Effect of water pollution on
  • Water > Pollution
  • water pollution
  • Water > Pollution
  • Marine organisms > Effect of water pollution on
  • Oil pollution of the sea
  • Marine biology
  • Oil spills and wildlife
  • Petroleum > Physiological effect
  • Litoral
  • Ölpest
  • Umwelttoxikologie
  • Küstenmeer
  • Atlantic Ocean > English Channel
  • Pembroke <1968>
Genre/Form
  • proceedings (reports)
  • Conference papers and proceedings
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Actes de congrès.
Note
  • Sponsored by the Field Studies Council.
  • "Supplement to Volume 2 of Field Studies."
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 165-196.
Contents
The chemistry of crude oils in relation to their spillage on the sea / R.A. Dean -- The chemistry of detergents / G.C. Silsby -- Methods of absorbing oil spills at sea / J. Wardley-Smith -- The problem of oil pollution in a major oil port / G. Dudley -- Some factors controlling plant growth in the intertidal environment / D.H. Dalby -- Extent of damage to coastal habitats due to the Torrey Canyon incident / D.S. Ranwell -- Problems in the assessment of the effects of oil pollution on inshore marine ecosystems dominated by attached macrophytes / D.J. Bellamy and A. Whittock -- Experiments with some detergents and certain intertidal algae / A.D. Boney -- Biological consequences of oil pollution and shore cleansing / A. Nelson-Smith -- The toxicity of oil emulsifers to some inshore fauna / E.J. Perkins -- Oil, emulsifiers and commercial shell fish / A.C. Simpson -- Oil pollution and bird populations / W.R.P. Bourne -- Post-mortem findings in oiled auks dying during attempted rehabilitation / J.V. Beer -- The effects of detergents and oils on the cell membrane / R.J. Goldacre -- The biochemistry and microbiology of crude oil degradation / J.A. Davies and D.E. Hughes -- Methods of studying the effects and metabolism of hydrocarbons in natural environments / J.G. Jones -- Bacteriological investigations of oil-polluted sediments from the Cornish coast following the Torrey Canyon disaster / W. Gunkel -- The biological problems of littoral pollution by oil and emulsifiers -- a summing up / Don R. Arthur -- A bibliography of oil pollution / A. Nelson-Smith.
ISBN
  • 0901517003
  • 9780901517005
LCCN
79434766
OCLC
  • ocm00047575
  • 47575
  • SCSB-288810
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library