The article discusses how oil spills can affect wildlife. Once released into water, oil undergoes weathering, which slowly reduces its harmful effects. The contamination of fish, birds and marine animals by oil can spread to o...
or leaks from rigs ending up in water) are rapidly degraded as compared to oil spills on land or in the subsurface environment; however, if an aquatic oil spill is substantial enough (such as in the case of Exxon Valdez 1989 spill or the April 2010 BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico from...
Marine scientists studying the effects of the BP disaster(英国石油公司漏油事件)are seeing some strange phenomena.Fish and other wildlife seem to be fleeing the oil out in the Gulf and gathering in cleaner waters along the coast in a trend that some researchers see as a potentially troubling ...
In the United States,thousands of oil spills happen each year.It can take years to clean up after a large spill.But even small leaks and spills can cause damage.Oil spills can have long-lasting effects.They hurt wildlife.Birds get oil on their feathers.They can't fly.Sea ot...
Production and Toxicity of the Marine Biotoxin Domoic Acid and Its Effects on Wildlife: A Review Domoic acid (DA), produced by marine diatom species in the genus Pseudo-nitzschia, is a potent excitotoxin linked since the late 1990s to massive marine ma... AC Bejarano,FM Vandola,FM Gulland...
Biologists and fishermen alike know that offshore oil platforms function as de facto habitats for fish. The structures climb hundreds of feet into the water column, creating a prefab reef out in open water. But many of these platforms will soon be decomm
This paper reviews English-language publications on the benthic fauna of the North Sea, with particular reference to those studies aimed at assessing the e... PH Albers - 《Effects of Oil on Wildlife Research Rehabilitation & General Concerns》 被引量: 15发表: 1991年 A REVIEW OF ECOLOGICAL ST...
Oil wells have a significant impact on the environment. To drill for oil on land, vegetation and topsoil need to be cleared, which has a significant impact on the wildlife and plant life in the area. It also creates erosion, as there is no topsoil or plant-life to absorb the water. Dr...
Noise pollution, unwanted or excessive sound that can have deleterious effects on human health, wildlife, and environmental quality. Noise pollution is commonly generated inside many industrial facilities and some other workplaces, but it also comes from
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