Oil in the Environment: Legacies and Lessons of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 7/18/2013
EAN 9781107614697, ISBN10: 1107614694

Paperback, 482 pages, 24.6 x 18.8 x 2.3 cm
Language: English

What light does nearly twenty-five years of scientific study of the Exxon Valdez oil spill shed on the fate and effects of a spill? How can the results help in assessing future spills? How can ecological risks be assessed and quantified? In this, the first book on the effects of Exxon Valdez in fifteen years, scientists directly involved in studying the spill provide a comprehensive perspective on, and synthesis of, scientific information on long-term spill effects. The coverage is multidisciplinary, with chapters discussing a range of issues including effects on biota, successes and failures of post-spill studies and techniques, and areas of continued disagreement. An even-handed and critical examination of more than two decades of scientific study, this is an invaluable guide for studying future oil spills and, more broadly, for unraveling the consequences of any large environmental disruption. For access to a full bibliography of related publications, follow the resources link at www.cambridge.org/9781107027176.

List of contributors
Prologue
Acknowledgments
A bibliographic note David K. Johnson and Laura R. Rustin
List of acronyms
Part I. Introduction and Background
1. Introduction and background John A. Wiens
2. The phases of an oil spill and scientific studies of spill effects Paul D. Boehm, Erich R. Gundlach and David S. Page
Part II. Oil in the Environment
3. Oil in the water column Paul D. Boehm, Jerry M. Neff and David S. Page
4. Surveying oil on the shoreline Edward H. Owens and P. Douglas Reimer
5. Ancient sites and emergency response
cultural resource protection Chris B. Wooley and James C. Haggarty
6. Fate of oil on shorelines David S. Page, Paul D. Boehm, John S. Brown, Erich R. Gundlach and Jerry M. Neff
7. Understanding subsurface contamination using conceptual and mathematical models Gary A. Pope, Kimberly D. Gordon and James R. Bragg
8. Removal of oil from shorelines
biodegradation and bioremediation Ronald M. Atlas and James R. Bragg
Part III. Biological Effects
9. Cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) as a biomarker in oil spill assessments James T. Oris and Aaron P. Roberts
10. Assessing effects and recovery from environmental accidents Keith R. Parker, John A. Wiens, Robert H. Day and Stephen M. Murphy
11. Shoreline biota Erich R. Gundlach, David S. Page, Jerry M. Neff and Paul D. Boehm
12. Oiling effects on pink salmon Ernest L. Brannon, Matthew A. Cronin, Al W. Maki, Larry L. Moulton and Keith R. Parker
13. Pacific herring Walter H. Pearson, Ralph A. Elston, Karen Humphrey and Richard B. Deriso
14. Oil and marine birds in a variable environment John A. Wiens, Robert H. Day and Stephen M. Murphy
15. Sea otters
trying to see the forest for the trees since Exxon Valdez David L. Garshelis and Charles B. Johnson
Part IV. Assessing Oil Spill Effects and Ecological Recovery
16. Characterizing ecological risks, significance, and recovery Mark A. Harwell, John H. Gentile and Keith R. Parker
Part V. Conclusions
17. Science and oil spills
the broad picture John A. Wiens
Index.