SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF TAR STRANDING ON BERMUDA Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Stranded pelagic tarballs were collected from two beaches on the island of Bermuda from January 1982 until June 1983. A significant decrease in the quantity of stranded tarballs was noted after comparison to data collected from the same beaches in 1978-79. There is also an indication that the amount of tar arriving on Bermuda is less than or equal to the levels measured in 1971-72. The decline in the quantity of pelagic tar in the Sargasso Sea is attributed to a reduction in the operational discharges of oil tankers and a decrease in the occurrence of maritime oil spills since 1980. 1985.

published proceedings

  • MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • SMITH, S. R., & KNAP, A. H.

citation count

  • 11

complete list of authors

  • SMITH, SR||KNAP, AH

publication date

  • January 1985