Sea mammals and oil : confronting the risks /

Ten specialists in petroleum chemistry, marine mammalogy, and veterinary medicine explore the effects of spilled petroleum (or "oil") on five groups of marine mammals: seals, whales and dolphins, sea otters, polar bears, and manatees.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Geraci, Joseph R. (Editor), St. Aubin, David J. (David John), 1952- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Diego : Academic Press, ©1990.
Subjects:	Marine mammals > Effect of oil spills on. Oil spills > Environmental aspects. Mammifères marins, Effets des déversements de pétrole sur les. Déversements de pétrole > Aspect de l'environnement. Mammifères marins > Effets des déversements de pétrole sur. Marine mammals > Effect of oil spills on Oil spills > Environmental aspects Meeressäugetiere Meeresverschmutzung Erdöl Aufsatzsammlung Aardolie. Zeedieren. Toxiciteit. Oceans > Mammals > Effects of > Pollution Electronic books. Aufsatzsammlung.
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Table of Contents:

Composition and fate of petroleum and spill-treating agents in the marine environment / Jerry M. Neff
Effects of oil on marine mammal populations : model simulations / Jerry M. Neff
Pinnipeds and oil : ecologic perspectives / Ian A. McLaren
Physiologic and toxic effects on pinnipeds / David J. St. Aubin
Cetaceans and oil : ecologic perspectives / Bernd Ẅursig
Physiologic and toxic effects on cetaceans / Joseph R. Geraci
Sea otters and oil : ecologic perspectives / Katherine Ralls, Donald B. Siniff
Physiologic and toxic effects on sea otters / Joseph R. Geraci, Thomas D. Williams
Polar bears and oil : ecologic perspectives / Ian Stirling
Physiologic and toxic effects on polar bears / David J. St. Aubin
Oil effects on manatees : evaluating the risks / David J. St. Aubin, Valerie Lounsbury
Summary and conclusions / Joseph R. Geraci, David J. St. Aubin.