Business History, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Policy, Aquatic Life & Sciences, Aquatic Life & Sciences, Pollution & Pollutants, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Politics
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Overview
In January 1990, New York Harbor suffered a major oil spill when an underwater pipe at an Exxon refinery leaked into the Arthur Kill, the fifteen-mile strait that runs between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. The waterway is home to herons and egrets, fiddler crabs and sea turtles, and a favorite place for recreational fishing, bird-watching, hiking, and boating. It is also lined with refineries and a busy corridor for oil tankers. Because this industrial activity posed such a threat to the fragile ecosystem, biologists had been monitoring the region's water, soil, vegetation, and wildlife for some time before the oil spill. Thus, we have before-and-after data about the habitat - the only oil spill anywhere for which this is true. This unique book discusses the human consequences of the oil spill as well as providing detailed studies of its effects on the plants and animals of the Arthur Kill. Biologists, environmentalists, lawyers, and officials worldwide will find this book an essential guide to dealing with - and possibly preventing - future environmental disasters.Editorials
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In January 1990, New York Harbor suffered a major oil spill when an underwater pipe at an Exxon refinery leaked into the Arthur Kill, the 15-mile strait that runs between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. This volume discusses the human consequences of the oil spill as well as providing detailed studies of its effects on the plants and animals of the Arthur Kill. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 31, 1994
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pages
324
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780813520957