Long-term Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development

D.F. Boesch, N.N. Rabalais9780203497777, 9780585465067, 9781851660940, 0203497775, 1851660941

Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
Preface……Page 6
List of Contributors……Page 10
An Assessment of the Long-Term Environmental Effects of U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Development Activities: Future Research Needs……Page 12
Petroleum Industry Operations: Present and Future……Page 66
Dominant Features and Processes of Continental Shelf Environments of the United States……Page 82
Offshore Oil and Gas Development Activities Potentially Causing Long-Term Environmental Effects……Page 160
Transport and Transformations: Water Column Processes ………Page 186
Transport and Transformation Processes Regarding Hydrocarbon and Metal Pollutants in Offshore Sedimentary Environments ………Page 244
Transport and Transformations of Petroleum: Biological Processes……Page 298
Biological Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: Assessments from Experimental Results……Page 354
The Biological Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Sea: Assessments from the Field and Microcosms……Page 422
Biological Effects of Drilling Fluids, Drill Cuttings and Produced Waters……Page 480
Offshore Oil Development and Seabirds: The Present Status of Knowledge and Long-Term Research Needs……Page 550
Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development on Marine Mammals and Turtles……Page 598
Physical Alteration of Marine and Coastal Habitats Resulting from Offshore Oil and Gas Development Activities……Page 630
A Review of Study Designs for the Detection of Long-term Environmental Effects of Offshore Petroleum Activities……Page 662
Index……Page 708