Symposium Proceedings: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Oil Spills in CoastalEcosystems: Assessing Effects, Natural Recovery, and Progress in Remediation Research. Held in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 14-15, 1994

摘要

Seventeen papers and outline summaries of four discussions sessions arepresented. Topics include ecological and genetic effects of oil spills in mangrove, coastal marsh, and seagrass systems, the chemical fate of oil in marsh sediments, and the effectiveness of a variety of remediation methodologies that have been employed. Some papers are summaries of studies by the authors, others are overviews and reviews, and several present outlines of studies in progress. Results of group discussions: (1) addresses the state-of-knowledge of spill effects and remediation methods and (2) provides recommendations for areas where further research is not only needed but could lead to important advances in methods for remediating the consequences of spilled oil in these systems.