Introduction to Coastal Habitats and Biological Resources for Spill Response

This is a 1992 training manual covering physical, geological, and biological considerations relevant to oil spill response and cleanup.

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Introduction to Coastal Habitats and Biological Resources for Spill Response (Document format: PDF, size: 11.2 M)

Chapter Index

Chapter 1: The Coastal Environment Including the cover page and introduction. (Document format: PDF, size: 3.1 M)

Chapter 2, Oil Behavior and Toxicity (Document format: PDF, size: 379.2 K)

Chapter 3, Sensitivity of Coastal Environments to Oil (Document format: PDF, size: 4.3 M)

Chapter 4, Biological Resources (Document format: PDF, size: 1.2 M)

Chapter 5, Oil Spill Response and Cleanup Techniques (Document format: PDF, size: 1.5 M)

Chapter 6, Field Methods for Oil-Spill Response (Document format: PDF, size: 724.1 K)

Chapter 7, Monitoring/Sampling (Document format: PDF, size: 192.9 K)

Chapter 8, The Archetypical Environmental Sensitivity Index (Document format: PDF, size: 1.1 M)

Chapter 9, Glossary of Oil Spill Terms (Document format: PDF, size: 51.8 K)

Chapter 10, Appendices (Document format: PDF, size: 61.6 K)