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

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.

authors

• Knap, Anthony

published proceedings

• MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN  Journal

keywords

• 37 Earth Sciences
• 41 Environmental Sciences
• 4105 Pollution And Contamination

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0025-326X(85)90254-1

start page

• 19

end page

• 21

volume

• 16

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0025-326x(85)90254-1