Petroleum Contamination in Warm & Cold Marine Environments

Ahmed El Nemr (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

140 Seiten

2005
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-59454-615-0 (ISBN)

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The book describes the oil spill and its fate in the marine environment and clarifies how to treat and reduce oil input in coastal and offshore waters. How much oil is entering the world-wide marine environment is also discussed. The ecological impacts of oil spills and the hazardous effects of petroleum on marine habitats are also discussed.

Ahmed El Nemr is the Director of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Kayet Bey, El-Anfoushy, Alexandria, Egypt

Introduction; Petroleum composition (Crude oils); Water temperature; Oil spill and fate; Mechanical oil recovery; Oil dispersant; In-situ burning; In-situ treatment of oiled sediment shorelines; Ecological effects of oil; How warm and cold marine water affect oil spill; Hydrocarbon Contamination in marine environment; Hazardous of petroleum on habitats; Oil pollution act (OPA) and Arctic national wildlife refuge (ANWR).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.8.2005
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-59454-615-0 / 1594546150
ISBN-13	978-1-59454-615-0 / 9781594546150
Zustand	Neuware