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Fate and Effects of Oil in Marine Ecosystems

Proceedings of the Conference on Oil Pollution Organized under the auspices of the International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control (IAWPRC) by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 23–27 February 1987

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  • © 1987

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  1. J. Kuiper

    1. Wadden and North Sea Centre, De Koog (Texel), The Netherlands

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  2. W. J. Brink

    1. TNO Corporate Communication Department, The Hague, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (36 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Physical and Chemical Behaviour of Oil in the Marine Environment and Biological Processes Affecting the Fate of Oil in Marine Ecosystems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Physical Fate of Weathered Crude and Emulsified Fuel Oils as a Function of Intertidal Sedimentology

      • D. I. Little
      Pages 3-18

    3. Weathering of Mineral Oil in Marine Environment

      • N. Adler, N. Koprivanac
      Pages 19-27

    4. Droplet Size Distribution of Naturally Dispersed Oil

      • Gerard A. L. Delvigne
      Pages 29-40

    5. Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Marine Sediments : A Biochemical Approach

      • Th. Höpner, H. Harder, K. Kiesewetter, B. Tegelkamp
      Pages 41-55

    6. A Simple Remote Sensing System for the Determination of Dispersants Effectiveness

      • R. H. Goodman, H. M. Brown
      Pages 57-66

    7. Biodegradation and Photo—Oxidation of Crude Oils in a Tropical Marine Environment

      • R. J. Watkinson, D. Griffiths
      Pages 67-77

    8. Oil in Sediments of the Humber Estuary Following the ‘sivand’ Oilspill Incident

      • D. I. Little
      Pages 79-81

    9. Laboratory and Field Investigation of the Accumulation and Depuration of Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Black Mussels

      • Robert Peter Mason
      Pages 83-85

  3. Effects of Oil on species, Populations and Ecosystems, Both in Laboratory Tests and in the Field (Including Model Ecosystems) and Effects of the Treatment of Oil Spills

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. The Effect of the Water Soluble Fraction of North Sea Crude Oil on the Transport Mechanism of Taurine in Erythrocytes from Flounder, Platichthys Flesus (L.)

      • L.-O. Reiersen, K. Fugelli
      Pages 89-100

    3. Assessment of the Vulnerability of Marine Mammals to Oil Pollution

      • F. R. Engelhardt
      Pages 101-115

    4. Effects of Different Oil Doses, Dispersant and Dispersed Oil on Macrofauna in Model Tidal Flat Ecosystems

      • Rob Dekker, Godfried W. N. M. Van Moorsel
      Pages 117-131

    5. Experimental Application of Oil—Based Muds and Cuttings to Seabed Sediments

      • I. M. T. Dixon
      Pages 133-150

    6. Petroleum Effects on Osmoregulation in the Marine Halophytes Spartina Alterniflora and Rhizophora Mangle

      • E. S. Gilfillan, D. S. Page, A. E. Bass, J. C. Foster, P. M. Fickett, W. G. Ellis et al.
      Pages 151-158

    7. Oil Pollution and Plankton Dynamics. IV. Summary of Enclosure Experiments in Lindåspollene, Norway, with Special Emphasis on the Balance between Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Processes

      • H. R. Skjoldal, T. F. Thingstad
      Pages 159-172

    8. The Effects of Oil and Chemically Dispersed Oil on Natural Phytoplankton Communities

      • M. Scholten, J. Kuiper, H. Het Van Groenewoud, G. Hoornsman, E. Van Der Vlies
      Pages 173-185

    9. Oil and the Mangroves of the Northern Red Sea

      • B. Dicks, S. S. C. Westwood
      Pages 187-200

    10. Effects of Seven Dispersants on Growth of Three Subtropical/Tropical Atlantic Seagrasses

      • A. Thorhaug, J. H. Marcus
      Pages 201-205
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About this book

A. Rorsch Member of the TNO Board of Management Like all living creatures man has from the very outset influenced the environment. Initially, the traces of human activity were hardly noticeable and so were their effects on the equilibrium of the ecosystem as such. However, as soon as man learned how to use tools, he was able to influence his surroundings more drastically, and to proliferate more rapidly. As a matter of fact that is the time when things went wrong, because a process was started off which was to continue with ever-increasing speed and on an ever­ increasing scale. The present condition of nature as a result of the activities of mankind is generally known. Whether it is an accident with a nuclear plant or the vanishing of tropical rain forests, acid deposition or the pollution of soil, water and air, environmental disasters almost seem to be the order of the day. It is striking that with all these - more or less arbitrary - examples the provision of energy plays a role. In this respect one can add an even more important energy carrier to the list, namely: crude oil.

Reviews

`This book is highly recommended for ail scientists or administrators who are interested in a healthy sea.'
Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie, 73:1, 1988

Editors and Affiliations

  • Wadden and North Sea Centre, De Koog (Texel), The Netherlands

    J. Kuiper

  • TNO Corporate Communication Department, The Hague, The Netherlands

    W. J. Brink

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fate and Effects of Oil in Marine Ecosystems

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Conference on Oil Pollution Organized under the auspices of the International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control (IAWPRC) by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 23–27 February 1987

  • Editors: J. Kuiper, W. J. Brink

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3573-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3489-4Published: 31 March 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8098-9Published: 17 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3573-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 338

  • Topics: Freshwater & Marine Ecology

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