Before and after an oil spill : the Arthur Kill / edited by Joanna Burger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burger, Joanna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exxon Corporation.

Oil spills and wildlife--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.).

Oil spills and wildlife.

Oil spills--Environmental aspects--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.).

Oil spills.

Oil pollution of rivers, harbors, etc--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.).

Oil pollution of rivers, harbors, etc.

Oil spills and wildlife--Environmental aspects--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y.).

Oil spills--Arthur Kill (N.J. and N.Y).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 305 p. ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Before & after an oil spill.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In January 1990, New York Harbor suffered a major oil spill when an underwater pipe at an Exxon refinery leaked into the Arthur Kill, the fifteen-mile strait that runs between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. The waterway is home to herons and egrets, fiddler crabs and sea turtles, and a favorite place for recreational fishing, bird-watching, hiking, and boating. It is also lined with refineries and a busy corridor for oil tankers. Because this industrial activity posed such a threat to the fragile ecosystem, biologists had been monitoring the region's water, soil, vegetation, and wildlife for some time before the oil spill. Thus, we have before-and-after data about the habitat - the only oil spill anywhere for which this is true. This unique book discusses the human consequences of the oil spill as well as providing detailed studies of its effects on the plants and animals of the Arthur Kill. Biologists, environmentalists, lawyers, and officials worldwide will find this book an essential guide to dealing with - and possibly preventing - future environmental disasters.

Contents:

Governmental cooperation / Paul M. Hauge and Robert K. Tucker

Legal considerations / Gordon J. Johnson

The role of conservation organizations / Carolyn Summers

Rehabilitation of contaminated wildlife / Lynne Frink

Bioremediation and the Arthur Kill ; Immediate effects of oil spills on organisms in the Arthur Kill ; Effects of oil on vegetation / Joanna Burger

The effects of oil spills on bivalve mollusks and blue crabs / Keith R. Cooper and Angela Cristini

Fiddler crabs (Uca spp.) as bioindicators for oil spills / Joanna Burger, John N. Brzorad, and Michael Gochfeld

Fish and shrimp populations in the Arthur Kill / John N. Brzorad and Joanna Burger

Gull and waterfowl populations in the Arthur Kill / Alan D. Maccarone and John N. Brzorad

The Arthur Kill oil spills : biological effects in birds / Katharine C. Parsons

Biological effects : marine mammals and sea turtles / Romona Haebler

The Arthur Kill, people, and oil spills / Joanna Burger

Ecological risk, risk perception, and harm : lessons from the Arthur Kill / Michael Gochfeld and Joanna Burger

From the past to the future : conclusions from the Arthur Kill ; Epilogue : a matter of viewpoint / Joanna Burger.

Notes:

Spine title: Before & after an oil spill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-5523-X

0-585-09825-5