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

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Physical Fate of Weathered Crude and Emulsified Fuel Oils as a Function of Intertidal Sedimentology....Pages 3-18
Weathering of Mineral Oil in Marine Environment....Pages 19-27
Droplet Size Distribution of Naturally Dispersed Oil....Pages 29-40
Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Marine Sediments : A Biochemical Approach....Pages 41-55
A Simple Remote Sensing System for the Determination of Dispersants Effectiveness....Pages 57-66
Biodegradation and Photo—Oxidation of Crude Oils in a Tropical Marine Environment....Pages 67-77
Oil in Sediments of the Humber Estuary Following the ‘sivand’ Oilspill Incident....Pages 79-81
Laboratory and Field Investigation of the Accumulation and Depuration of Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Black Mussels....Pages 83-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
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.)....Pages 89-100
Assessment of the Vulnerability of Marine Mammals to Oil Pollution....Pages 101-115
Effects of Different Oil Doses, Dispersant and Dispersed Oil on Macrofauna in Model Tidal Flat Ecosystems....Pages 117-131
Experimental Application of Oil—Based Muds and Cuttings to Seabed Sediments....Pages 133-150
Petroleum Effects on Osmoregulation in the Marine Halophytes Spartina Alterniflora and Rhizophora Mangle ....Pages 151-158
Oil Pollution and Plankton Dynamics. IV. Summary of Enclosure Experiments in Lindåspollene, Norway, with Special Emphasis on the Balance between Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Processes....Pages 159-172
The Effects of Oil and Chemically Dispersed Oil on Natural Phytoplankton Communities....Pages 173-185
Oil and the Mangroves of the Northern Red Sea....Pages 187-200
Effects of Seven Dispersants on Growth of Three Subtropical/Tropical Atlantic Seagrasses....Pages 201-205
Toxicity of Chemically Dispersed Oil in a Flow-Through System....Pages 207-209
The Use of Tests in a Wave Basin to Define Dispersant Effectiveness....Pages 211-213
An Assessment of the Environmental Hazard Associated with the Discharge of Production Water from a North Sea Oil Platform Based on Laboratory Bioassays with a Calanoid Copepod - Acartia Tonsa (DANA)....Pages 215-216
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
The Effectiveness of a New Type III Dispersant in the Treatment of Weathered Crude and Emulsified Fuel Oils on Saltmarshes and Sandflats....Pages 217-219
Impact of Oil on Coastal Industries....Pages 221-223
The Effects of Oil Pollution on Interacting Salt Marsh Species....Pages 225-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
The Migration of Stranded Oil from a Sheltered Beach into Adjacent Nearshore Subtidal Sediments....Pages 231-241
Kinetics of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Depuration by Oysters Impacted by the Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill....Pages 243-252
Biological and Chemical Monitoring of Seabed Sediments at the Sullom Voe North Sea Terminal — a Synthesis of Data for the Period 1978–1985....Pages 253-267
Measurement of Scope for Growth and Tissue Hydrocarbon Concentrations of Mussels ( Mytilus Epulis ) at Sites in the Vicinity of the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal:- A Case Study....Pages 269-277
Oil-Based Drilling Fluids: Are they an Environmental Risk?....Pages 279-289
Practical Methods for Monitoring Rocky Shore Communities....Pages 291-293
A Summary of Research and Monitoring Studies Carried Out in North Sea Oilfields by the Oil Pollution Research Unit 1973–1986....Pages 295-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Seabel Hazard Identification and Response Decision for Chemical Spillages at Sea....Pages 301-306
Oil Spill Risk Management: The Strategic Response Case....Pages 307-318
Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure for Oil Pollution in the Dutch Wadden Sea – the F3 Pipeline Example....Pages 319-330
International Acceptance of Shoreline Sensitivity Mapping as an Integral Spill-Response Component....Pages 331-331
A Computer Simulation Model Depicting Oil Impact and Removal Within Coastal Environments....Pages 333-334
The Alvenus Oil Spill Along the Texas Coastline....Pages 335-335
Back Matter....Pages 337-338